The importance of establishing relevance in motivating student learning

Active Learning in Higher Education

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 249-263

  Kember, David ^a   Ho, Amber ^b   Hong, Celina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Abstract theory; Curriculum development; Motivation; Relevance

Indexed keywords

EID: 54149107992     PISSN: 14697874     EISSN: 17412625     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1469787408095849     Document Type: Article

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