The motivational profiles and perceptions of schooling of Asian students in Australia

• Main Author: McInerney, Dennis M
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: UUM College of Arts and Sciences 2006
• Subjects: L Education (General)
• Online Access: http://repo.uum.edu.my/1061/1/Dennis_M_Mcinerney.pdf; http://repo.uum.edu.my/1061/; http://mjli.uum.edu.my

Asian-background students are performing better than other groups within the Australian educational setting. In order to investigate the reasons for this achievement advantage, this study examines the motivational profiles of Asian-background and Anglo-background students in New South Wales Australi...