Reading Motivation: Multidimensional and Indeterminate

Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 110-118

  Watkins, Marley W ^a   Coffey, Debra Young ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 1642289785     PISSN: 00220663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-0663.96.1.110     Document Type: Article

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