Do students distinguish between different types of performance goals?

Journal of Experimental Education

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 464-489

  Bong, Mimi ^a   Woo, Yeonkyoung ^a   Shin, Jiyoun ^a  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

achievement goal dichotomy; classroom goal structure; goal theory; learning environments; structural equation modeling

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883558517     PISSN: 00220973     EISSN: 19400683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220973.2012.745464     Document Type: Article

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