Antecedents and Consequences of Middle School Students' Achievement Goals in Science

Asia-Pacific Education Researcher

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 45-60

  Kahraman, Nurcan ^a   Sungur, Semra ^b  

^a ÇANAKKALE ONSEKIZ MART UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Achievement goals; Coping strategies; Fear of failure; Metacognition; Perceived parents' achievement goals; Perceived teachers achievement goals; Science

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876973819     PISSN: 01195646     EISSN: 22437908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40299-012-0024-2     Document Type: Article

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