Autonomy and competence frustration in young adolescent classrooms: Different associations with active and passive disengagement

Learning and Instruction

Volumn 49, Issue , 2017, Pages 32-40

  Earl, Stephen R ^a   Taylor, Ian M ^b   Meijen, Carla ^a   Passfield, Louis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Disengagement; Frustration; Motivation; Psychological needs; Teacher control

Indexed keywords

EID: 85002629310     PISSN: 09594752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.learninstruc.2016.12.001     Document Type: Article

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