Increasing Situational Interest in the Classroom

Educational Psychology Review

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 211-224

  Schraw, Gregory ^a   Flowerday, Terri ^a   Lehman, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Background knowledge; Choice; Situational interest; Text organization

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035598301     PISSN: 1040726X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1016619705184     Document Type: Article

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