A motivational perspective on the relation between mental effort and performance: Optimizing learner involvement in instruction

Educational Technology Research and Development

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 25-34

  Paas, Fred ^a   Tuovinen, Juhani E ^b   Van Merriënboer, Jeroen J G ^a   Darabi, A Aubteen ^c  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY OF THE NETHERLANDS   (Netherlands)

^b CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 23744464097     PISSN: 10421629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02504795     Document Type: Article

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