Interest as a motivational resource: Feedback and gender matter, but interest makes the difference

Social Psychology of Education

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 27-42

  Katz, Idit ^a   Assor, Avi ^a   Kanat Maymon, Yaniv ^a   Bereby Meyer, Yoella ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Feedback; Gender differences; Interest; Intrinsic motivation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645505127     PISSN: 13812890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11218-005-2863-7     Document Type: Article

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