Achievement goals and academic achievement: A closer look at moderating factors

Educational Research Review

Volumn 10, Issue , 2013, Pages 66-89

  Wirthwein, Linda ^a   Sparfeldt, Jörn R ^b   Pinquart, Martin ^c   Wegerer, Joanna ^c   Steinmayr, Ricarda ^a  

^a TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Achievement; Achievement goals; Meta analysis; Performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84882593211     PISSN: 1747938X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.edurev.2013.07.001     Document Type: Review

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