Student autonomy and course value: The unique and cumulative roles of various teacher practices

Motivation and Emotion

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 14-32

  Patall, Erika A ^a   Dent, Amy L ^b   Oyer, Melissa ^c   Wynn, Susan R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomy support; Choice; Course value; Motivation; Teacher practices

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874328579     PISSN: 01467239     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11031-012-9305-6     Document Type: Article

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