Help seeking among peers: The role of goal structure and peer climate

Journal of Educational Research

Volumn 106, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 290-300

  Shim, Sungok Serena ^a   Kiefer, Sarah M ^b   Wang, Cen ^a  

^a BALL STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

classroom goal structure; classroom peer climate; help seeking behavior among peers; structural equation modeling

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877683789     PISSN: 00220671     EISSN: 19400675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220671.2012.692733     Document Type: Article

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