The Motivation of High School Students by Achievement Goals

Abstract The present study aimed to identify, describe and analyze the achievement goals of 207 high school students in a city in São Paulo state. The instruments were the Characterization Questionnaire and Achievement Goals Questionnaire. The results indicate a major tendency to adopt the mastery-a...

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Main Author: Marcelo Simões Mendes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Francisco 2016-08-01
Series:Psico-USF
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-82712016000200353&tlng=en