Achievement motivation theory: Balancing precision and utility

Contemporary Educational Psychology

Volumn 61, Issue , 2020, Pages

  Anderman, Eric M ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Achievement goal theory; Attributions; Expectancy value theory; Motivation; Self determination theory; Self efficacy; Social cognitive theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 85083014335     PISSN: 0361476X     EISSN: 10902384     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cedpsych.2020.101864     Document Type: Article

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