Facilitating Student Learning: Engagement in Novel Learning Opportunities

Innovative Higher Education

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 359-366

  Stupans, Ieva ^a   Scutter, Sheila ^a   Pearce, Karma ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

instructional design; motivation; novelty; student engagement

Indexed keywords

EID: 77958108581     PISSN: 07425627     EISSN: 15731758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10755-010-9148-6     Document Type: Article

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