The role and the interplay of classroom goal structures, individual motivation and general intelligence for (excellent) school achievement in elementary school classrooms

Talent Development and Excellence

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 63-81

  Dresel, Markus ^a   Fasching, Michaela ^a   Steuer, Gabriele ^a   Berner, Valérie D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUGSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Classroom goal structures; Domain specific self concept; Elementary school; Excellent achievement; General intelligence; Intrinsic motivation; Learning and achievement motivation; Learning environment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864948249     PISSN: 18690459     EISSN: 18692885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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