Assessing and predicting college students use of strategies for the self-regulation of motivation

Journal of Experimental Education

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 199-221

  Wolters, Christopher A ^a   Benzon, Maria B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

college; metacognition; motivation; procrastination; self regulation; strategies

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873660724     PISSN: 00220973     EISSN: 19400683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220973.2012.699901     Document Type: Article

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