Student motivation: Premise, effective practice and policy

Australian Journal of Teacher Education

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 14-28

  Levy, Stuart ^a   Campbell, Holly ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 84872208095     PISSN: 1835-517     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14221/ajte.2008v33n5.2     Document Type: Article

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