Goals, Goal Structures, and Avoidance Behaviors

Goals, Goal Structures, and Patterns of Adaptive Learning

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 55-84

  Urdan, Tim ^a   Ryan, Allison M ^b   Anderman, Eric M ^c   Gheen, Margaret H ^d  

^a SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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EID: 85143329618     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781410602152-10     Document Type: Chapter

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