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Examining cross-cultural transferability of self-regulated learning model: an adaptation of the Motivated Strategies for Learning Questionnaire for Chinese adult learners

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Pages 422-439 | Received 27 Sep 2018, Accepted 27 Feb 2019, Published online: 19 Mar 2019

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