Getting to know my teacher: Does the relation between perceived mastery goal structures and perceived teacher support change across the school year?

Contemporary Educational Psychology

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 316-327

  Turner, Julianne C ^a   Gray, DeLeon L ^b   Anderman, Lynley H ^c   Dawson, Heather S ^d   Anderman, Eric M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic achievement motivation; Elementary school students; Mastery goal structure; Middle school students; Teacher support

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880693559     PISSN: 0361476X     EISSN: 10902384     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cedpsych.2013.06.003     Document Type: Article

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