Interest: A unique motivational variable

Educational Research Review

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 69-82

  Hidi, Suzanne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Affect; Interest; Motivation; Neuroscience

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749642842     PISSN: 1747938X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.edurev.2006.09.001     Document Type: Article

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