Motivation to commit oneself as a determinant of achievement in problem-based learning

Higher Education

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 231-242

  Van Berkel, Henk J M ^a   Schmidt, Henk G ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Achievement; Attendance; Modeling; Motivation; Problem based learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 23044522268     PISSN: 00181560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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