Students’ Motivation for Standardized Math Exams

Educational Researcher

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 5-13

  Ryan, Katherine E ^a   Ryan, Allison M ^a   Arbuthnot, Keena ^b   Samuels, Maurice ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION   (United States)

Author keywords

accountability; high stakes testing; motivation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84996171049     PISSN: 0013189X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/0013189X06298001     Document Type: Article

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