The combined effects of goal type and cognitive ability on performance

Motivation and Emotion

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 343-352

  Seijts, Gerard ^a   Crim, Dan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cognitive ability; Learning goals; Performance; Performance goals

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894252100     PISSN: 01467239     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11031-009-9143-3     Document Type: Article

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