Intrinsic instructional goal adoption increases autonomy-supportive Teaching: A randomized control trial and intervention

Learning and Instruction

Volumn 73, Issue , 2021, Pages

  Jang, Hye Ryen ^a   Reeve, Johnmarshall ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Intrinsic goal; Motivating style; Randomized control trial; Self determination theory; Teachers' autonomy support

Indexed keywords

EID: 85096960382     PISSN: 09594752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.learninstruc.2020.101415     Document Type: Article

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