School goal structure: Associations with students' perceptions of their teachers as emotionally supportive, academic self-concept, intrinsic motivation, effort, and help seeking behavior

International Journal of Educational Research

Volumn 61, Issue , 2013, Pages 5-14

  Skaalvik, Einar M ^a   Skaalvik, Sidsel ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Academic self concept; Effort; Help seeking behavior; Motivation; School goal structure; Teacher student relationship

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884280536     PISSN: 08830355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijer.2013.03.007     Document Type: Article

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