Dental students' motivation and the context of learning

European Journal of Dental Education

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 10-14

  Kristensen, Bettina Tjagvad ^a,b   Netterstrom, Ingeborg ^a   Kayser, Lars ^a  

^a Centre for Educational Development in Health Science   (Denmark)

^b Department 5404 ^*  (Denmark)

Author keywords

Dental education; Dental student; Learning context; Motivation; Motives

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR; CURRICULUM; DENTAL EDUCATION; DENTAL STUDENT; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LEARNING; MALE; MOTIVATION; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TIME MANAGEMENT;

ACHIEVEMENT; ATTITUDE; CURRICULUM; DENTIST-PATIENT RELATIONS; ECONOMICS, DENTAL; EDUCATION, DENTAL; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; GOALS; HUMANS; INTENTION; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LEARNING; MALE; MOTIVATION; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; STUDENTS, DENTAL; TIME MANAGEMENT;

EID: 66149139752     PISSN: 13965883     EISSN: 16000579     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0579.2007.00485.x     Document Type: Article

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