Conditional effects of mastery goal structure on changes in students' motivational beliefs: Need for cognition matters

Learning and Individual Differences

Volumn 40, Issue , 2015, Pages 9-21

  Gray, DeLeon L ^a   Chang, Yujin ^b   Anderman, Eric M ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Achievement goal theory; Expectancy value theory; Health education; Johnson Neyman technique; Mastery goal structure; Need for cognition

Indexed keywords

EID: 84928809963     PISSN: 10416080     EISSN: 18733425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lindif.2015.03.025     Document Type: Article

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