Development of achievement goals across the transition out of secondary school

International Journal of Educational Research

Volumn 61, Issue , 2013, Pages 15-25

  Meier, Angelika M ^a,b   Reindl, Marion ^a   Grassinger, Robert ^a   Berner, Valérie D ^a   Dresel, Markus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUGSBURG   (Germany)

^b University of Teacher Education StGallen   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Achievement goals; Achievement motivation; Context; Self esteem; Transition

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884283436     PISSN: 08830355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijer.2013.03.006     Document Type: Article

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