Autonomy and Competence as Motivational Factors in Students with Learning Disabilities and Emotional Handicaps

L. Deci, Edward; Hodges, Rosemary; Pierson, Louisa; Tomassone, Joseph

doi:10.1177/002221949202500706

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Autonomy and Competence as Motivational Factors in Students with Learning Disabilities and Emotional Handicaps

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Authors:

Edward L. Deci

Rosemary Hodges

Louisa Pierson

Abstract

Over 450 students (136 elementary, 321 junior and senior high school) with primary handicapping codes of learning disability (LD) or emotional handicap (EH) completed several questionnaires. All participants were from self-contained classrooms of a state-operated special education system. Questionna...

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