A surprising effect of feedback on learning

Learning and Instruction

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 589-602

  Vollmeyer, Regina ^a   Rheinberg, Falko ^b  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Feedback; Motivation; Performance; Strategies

Indexed keywords

EID: 27744544954     PISSN: 09594752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.learninstruc.2005.08.001     Document Type: Article

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