Achievement Goals and Goal Structures

Goals, Goal Structures, and Patterns of Adaptive Learning

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 21-54

  Kaplan, Avi ^a   Middleton, Michael J ^b   Urdan, Tim ^c   Midgley, Carol ^d  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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EID: 85143374075     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781410602152-9     Document Type: Chapter

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