A classroom-based intervention to help teachers decrease students' amotivation

Contemporary Educational Psychology

Volumn 40, Issue , 2015, Pages 99-111

  Cheon, Sung Hyeon ^a   Reeve, Johnmarshall ^b  

^a Kangwon National University   (South Korea)

^b Korea University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Amotivation; Autonomy support; Intervention; Physical education; Self determination theory; Teacher training

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920273431     PISSN: 0361476X     EISSN: 10902384     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cedpsych.2014.06.004     Document Type: Article

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