Perceiving school performance as instrumental to future goal attainment: Effects on graded performance

Contemporary Educational Psychology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 60-80

  Malka, Ariel ^a   Covington, Martin V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 8744296018     PISSN: 0361476X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cedpsych.2004.04.001     Document Type: Article

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