Classroom composition and language minority students'motivation in language lessons

Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 107, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1171-1185

  Rjosk, Camilla ^a   Richter, Dirk ^a   Hochweber, Jan ^b   Lüdtke, Oliver ^a,c   Stanat, Petra ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b GERMAN INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS EDUCATION   (Germany)

Author keywords

Classroom composition; Instructional climate; Language minority students; Motivation; Multilevel analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84928659675     PISSN: 00220663     EISSN: 19392176     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/edu0000035     Document Type: Article

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