Inducing maximal versus typical learning through the provision of a pretraining goal orientation

Human Performance

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 205-222

  Mesmer Magnus, Jessica ^a   Viswesvaran, Chockalingam ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 34547174754     PISSN: 08959285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08959280701333016     Document Type: Article

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