Students' management of goals in the natural classroom setting: Methodological implications

European Psychologist

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 198-209

  De Lemos, Marina Serra ^a,c   Gonçalves, Teresa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE VIANA DO CASTELO   (Portugal)

^c Faculty of Psychology and Education   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Action organization; Goal coordination; Proximal classroom context; Students' goals

Indexed keywords

EID: 9344269369     PISSN: 10169040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1016-9040.9.4.198     Document Type: Review

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