Goal Setting and Student Achievement: A Longitudinal Study

Modern Language Journal

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 153-169

  Moeller, Aleidine J ^a   Theiler, Janine M ^a   Wu, Chaorong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

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EID: 84865100037     PISSN: 00267902     EISSN: 15404781     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-4781.2011.01231.x     Document Type: Article

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