The importance of cultivating a preference for complexity in veterinarians for effective lifelong learning

Journal of Veterinary Medical Education

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 165-171

  Dale, Vicki H M ^a   Pierce, Stephanie E ^a   May, Stephen A ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

approaches to study; barriers; conceptions of knowledge; extrinsic motivation; intrinsic motivation; inventory; lifelong learning; need for cognition; social motivation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COGNITION; EDUCATION; HUMAN; LEARNING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MOTIVATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STANDARD; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ATTITUDE; COGNITION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; EDUCATION, VETERINARY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MOTIVATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VETERINARIANS;

EID: 78049437944     PISSN: 0748321X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3138/jvme.37.2.165     Document Type: Article

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