When academic achievement is an obligation : perspectives from social-oriented achievement motivation

Asian students on average not only performed better than other ethnic groups as documented in multinational achievement tests, but also in general showed more negative emotions and test anxiety. We argued that this seemingly paradoxical achievement pattern was rooted in the endorsement of social-...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Tao, V. Y. K., Hong, Y.-y
Other Authors: Nanyang Business School
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: 2014
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10356/105348
http://hdl.handle.net/10220/20474