Measuring emotions in students’ learning and performance: The Achievement Emotions Questionnaire (AEQ)

Reinhard Pekrun; Thomas Goetz; Anne C. Frenzel; Petra Barchfeld; Raymond P. Perry

doi:10.1016/j.cedpsych.2010.10.002

journal article Jan 01, 2011

Measuring emotions in students’ learning and performance: The Achievement Emotions Questionnaire (AEQ)

Reinhard Pekrun

Thomas Goetz

Anne C. Frenzel Petra Barchfeld Raymond P. Perry

Contemporary Educational Psychology Vol. 36 No. 1 pp. 36-48 · Elsevier BV

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Published: Jan 01, 2011
Vol/Issue: 36(1)
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Reinhard Pekrun

Department of Psychology, University of Munich

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Thomas Goetz

Department of Empirical Educational Research, University of Konstanz; Thurgau University of Teacher Education

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Reinhard Pekrun, Thomas Goetz, Anne C. Frenzel, et al. (2011). Measuring emotions in students’ learning and performance: The Achievement Emotions Questionnaire (AEQ). Contemporary Educational Psychology, 36(1), 36-48. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cedpsych.2010.10.002

Measuring emotions in students’ learning and performance: The Achievement Emotions Questionnaire (AEQ)

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