Individual differences in academic motivation: Perceived ability, goals, beliefs, and values

John G. Nicholls; Ping Chung Cheung; Janice M. Lauer; Michael Patashnick

doi:10.1016/1041-6080(89)90010-1

Keywords

PsychologySocial psychologyIdego and super-egoBiology and political orientationOrientation (vector space)Goal orientationScope (computer science)Task (project management)UncorrelatedCurriculumGoal theoryPoliticsPedagogy

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Purdue University West Lafayette US

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Year: 1989
Type: article
Volume: 1
Issue: 1
Pages: 63-84
Citations: 328
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                                    John G. Nicholls, 
                                
                                    Ping Chung Cheung, 
                                
                                    Janice M. Lauer
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (1989). 
                            Individual differences in academic motivation: Perceived ability, goals, beliefs, and values. 
                            Learning and Individual Differences
                            , 1
                            (1)
                            , 63-84.
                            https://doi.org/10.1016/1041-6080(89)90010-1
                        

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DOI: 10.1016/1041-6080(89)90010-1