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Educational Psychology
An International Journal of Experimental Educational Psychology
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Performance Approach, Performance Avoidance and Depth of Information Processing: A fresh look at relations between students' academic motivation and cognition

Pages 571-589 | Published online: 01 Jul 2010

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