Research on motivation in collaborative learning: Moving beyond the cognitive-situative divide and combining individual and social processes

Educational Psychologist

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 15-27

  Järvelä, Sanna ^a   Volet, Simone ^b   Järvenoja, Hanna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 77950911489     PISSN: 00461520     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00461520903433539     Document Type: Article

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