In the eye of the beholder: Do adult students' achievement goal orientation profiles predict their perceptions of instruction and studying?

Studies in Educational Evaluation

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 133-143

  Pulkka, Antti Tuomas ^a   Niemivirta, Markku ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Achievement goal orientation; Evaluation of learning environment; Person centred approach

Indexed keywords

EID: 84882917352     PISSN: 0191491X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.stueduc.2013.06.002     Document Type: Article

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