Classroom goal structures, social achievement goals, and adjustment in middle school

Learning and Instruction

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 69-77

  Shim, Sungok Serena ^a   Cho, YoonJung ^b   Wang, Cen ^a  

^a BALL STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic engagement; Classroom goal structures; Disruptive behavior; Social achievement goals; Social adjustment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868654618     PISSN: 09594752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.learninstruc.2012.05.008     Document Type: Article

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