Increasing interest in social studies: Social perspective taking and self-efficacy in stimulating simulations

Contemporary Educational Psychology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 894-914

  Gehlbach, Hunter ^a   Brown, Scott W ^b   Ioannou, Andri ^b   Boyer, Mark A ^b   Hudson, Natalie ^c   Niv Solomon, Anat ^b   Maneggia, Donalyn ^b   Janik, Laura ^b  

^a HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^c University of Dayton   (United States)

Author keywords

Global studies; History; Interest; Middle school; Motivation; Self efficacy; Simulations; Social perspective taking; Social studies

Indexed keywords

EID: 52749096243     PISSN: 0361476X     EISSN: 10902384     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cedpsych.2007.11.002     Document Type: Article

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