Different Strokes for Different Folks: How Individual Interest Moderates the Effects of Situational Factors on Task Interest

Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 597-610

  Durik, Amanda M ^a   Harackiewicz, Judith M ^b  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

individual interest; math; motivation; situational interest

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548832743     PISSN: 00220663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-0663.99.3.597     Document Type: Article

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