Measuring situational interest in academic domains

Educational and Psychological Measurement

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 647-671

  Linnenbrink Garcia, Lisa ^a   Durik, Amanda M ^b   Conley, Anne Marie M ^c   Barron, Kenneth E ^d   Tauer, John M ^e   Karabenick, Stuart A ^f   Harackiewicz, Judith M ^g  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ST THOMAS   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic motivation; Classroom context; Interest development; Situational interest

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954585492     PISSN: 00131644     EISSN: 15523888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013164409355699     Document Type: Article

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