Emotions that matter to achievement: Student feelings about assessment

Handbook of Human and Social Conditions in Assessment

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 111-128

  Vogl, Elisabeth ^a   Pekrun, Reinhard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b National Academy of Education International Academy of Education   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781315749136-14     Document Type: Chapter

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