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- Volume
- 84
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 261-271
- Citations
- 822
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Carole Ames
(1992).
Classrooms: Goals, structures, and student motivation..
Journal of Educational Psychology
, 84
(3)
, 261-271.
https://doi.org/10.1037//0022-0663.84.3.261
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- DOI
- 10.1037//0022-0663.84.3.261