Improving Low Achievers’ Academic Performance at University by Changing the Social Value of Mastery Goals

American Educational Research Journal

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 720-749

  Dompnier, Benoît ^a   Darnon, Céline ^b   Meier, Emanuele ^a   Brandner, Catherine ^a   Smeding, Annique ^c   Butera, Fabrizio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE SAVOIE   (France)

Author keywords

academic performance; mastery goals; social desirability; social utility; social value

Indexed keywords

EID: 84936870750     PISSN: 00028312     EISSN: 19351011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/0002831215585137     Document Type: Article

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