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Peer reviewedGottfried, Adele Eskeles – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1985
Results of three studies are presented that demonstrate the significance of academic intrinsic motivation for children's education. As predicted, academic intrinsic motivation was found to be significantly and positively correlated with children's school achievement and perceptions of academic competency, and negatively correlated with academic…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Need, Affective Measures, Analysis of Variance


