Teacher judgment, student motivation, and the mediating effect of attributions

European Journal of Psychology of Education

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 275-295

  Zhou, Ji ^a   Urhahne, Detlef ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Attribution; Motivation; Self concept; Teacher judgment; Test anxiety

Indexed keywords

EID: 84882456898     PISSN: 02562928     EISSN: 18785174     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10212-012-0114-9     Document Type: Article

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