Motivational variables and children's text search

Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 14-22

  Lee Reynolds, P ^a   Symons, Sonya ^b  

^a IWK HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b ACADIA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 0040432881     PISSN: 00220663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-0663.93.1.14     Document Type: Article

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