Validating the Chinese Version of the Inventory of School Motivation

International Journal of Testing

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 175-192

  King, Ronnel B ^a   Watkins, David A ^b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

achievement goals; Chinese students; Inventory of School Motivation; validation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875830196     PISSN: 15305058     EISSN: 15327574     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15305058.2012.656162     Document Type: Article

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