Achievement goals and approaches to studying: Evidence from adult learners in distance education

Distance Education

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 271-289

  Remedios, Richard ^a   Richardson, John T E ^b  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

academic attainment; achievement goals; adult learners; approaches to studying; distance education

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886851969     PISSN: 01587919     EISSN: 14750198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01587919.2013.835776     Document Type: Article

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