Domain knowledge and individual interest: The effects of academic level and specialization in statistics and psychology

Contemporary Educational Psychology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 30-43

  Lawless, Kimberly A ^a   Kulikowich, Jonna M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic development; Interest; Knowledge

Indexed keywords

EID: 30044444203     PISSN: 0361476X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cedpsych.2005.01.002     Document Type: Article

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