Assessing the psychometric properties of the achievement goals questionnaire across task contexts

Canadian Journal of Education

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 232-248

  Muis, Krista R ^a   Winne, Philip H ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Achievement goal orientation; Factorial invariance; Measurement; Psychometrics; Reliability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865376678     PISSN: 03802361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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