Uncovering Malaysian students' motivation to learning science

European Journal of Social Sciences

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 266-276

  Talib, Othman ^a   Luan, Wong Su ^a   Azhar, Shah Christirani ^a   Abdullah, Nabilah ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b MARA University of Technology (UiTM)   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Motivation; Performance indicators; Psychometric inventory; Science learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 67549123542     PISSN: 14502267     EISSN: 14502267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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