Assessment of Achievement Motives: Comments and Suggestions.

Nygard, Roald; Gjesme, Torgrim

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Publication Date: 1973

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Assessment of Achievement Motives: Comments and Suggestions

Nygard, Roald; Gjesme, Torgrim

Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 17, 2, 39-46, 73

In this article some problems, such as the tests employed to assess motivation, are considered together with suggestions for developing an instrument more in accordance with the achievement motivation theory as represented by the McClelland-Atkinson tradition. (Author/RK)

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Failure, Achievement Need, Educational Research, Learning, Measurement, Motivation, Validity

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