Personal goals as predictors of intended classroom goals: Comparing elementary and secondary school pre-service teachers

British Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 396-413

  Daniels, Lia M ^a   Frenzel, Anne C ^b   Stupnisky, Robert H ^c   Stewart, Tara L ^d   Perry, Raymond P ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOTIVATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL; STATISTICS; TEACHING; UNIVERSITY;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; CANADA; FACULTY; FEMALE; GOALS; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MOTIVATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOLS; TEACHING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880013184     PISSN: 00070998     EISSN: 20448279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2044-8279.2012.02069.x     Document Type: Article

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