Motivating students to engage in experiential learning: A tension-to-learn theory

Simulation and Gaming

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 133-151

  Burns, Alvin C ^a   Gentry, James W ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Absorptive Capacity; Curiosity; Experiential Learning; Experiential Learning Theory; Learner Motivation; Learning Orientation; Learning Relevance; Legitimization of Larning; Tension To Learn

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947318173     PISSN: 10468781     EISSN: 1552826X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1046878198292001     Document Type: Article

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