Chinese mindset: theories of intelligence, goal orientation and academic achievement in Hong Kong students

Educational Psychology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 714-725

  Chen, Wei Wen ^a   Wong, Yi Lee ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MACAU   (Macao)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

academic achievement; goal orientations; theories of intelligence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939269534     PISSN: 01443410     EISSN: 14695820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01443410.2014.893559     Document Type: Article

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