Revved up or turned off? How domain knowledge changes the relationship between perceived task complexity and task interest

Learning and Individual Differences

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 155-159

  Durik, Amanda M ^a   Matarazzo, Kristina L ^a  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Domain knowledge; Individual interest; Task complexity; Task interest

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952742261     PISSN: 10416080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lindif.2008.08.005     Document Type: Article

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