Motivational influences on school-prompted interest

Educational Psychology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 377-393

  Ciani, Keith ^a   Ferguson, Yuna ^b   Bergin, David ^b   Hilpert, Jonathan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY PURDUE UNIVERSITY FORT WAYNE   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomy support; Interest; Mastery goals; Motivation; Self efficacy

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954749979     PISSN: 01443410     EISSN: 14695820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01443411003660232     Document Type: Article

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