Help seeking, Achievement Motivation, and the social practice of intelligence in School

Strategic Help Seeking Implications for Learning and Teaching

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 39-60

  Nelson Le Gall, Sharon ^a   Resnick, Lauren ^a  

^a University of Piffsburgh   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781410602701-7     Document Type: Chapter

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