What makes a good student? How emotions, self-regulated learning, and motivation contribute to academic Achievement

Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 121-131

  Mega, Carolina ^a   Ronconi, Lucia ^a   De Beni, Rossana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Academic achievement; Emotion; Motivation; Self regulated learning; Structural equation modeling

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892945308     PISSN: 00220663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0033546     Document Type: Article

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