What makes them happy and curious online? An empirical study on high school students' Internet use from a self-determination theory perspective

Computers and Education

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 346-356

  Zhao, Ling ^a   Lu, Yaobin ^a   Wang, Bin ^b   Huang, Wayne ^c  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PAN AMERICAN   (United States)

^c OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer mediated communication; Pedagogical issues; Secondary education

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMY SUPPORTS; COMPUTER-MEDIATED COMMUNICATION; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; FLOW EXPERIENCE; FLOW STATE; HIGH SCHOOL; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS; INTERNET SELF-EFFICACY; INTERNET USE; INTRINSIC MOTIVATION; PEDAGOGICAL ISSUES; PERCEIVED COMPETENCE; RESEARCH MODELS; SECONDARY EDUCATION; SELF-DETERMINATION THEORIES; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING;

COMMUNICATION; EDUCATION COMPUTING; EQUATIONS OF STATE; INTERNET; MOTIVATION; STUDENTS;

TEACHING;

EID: 78149469231     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2010.08.006     Document Type: Article

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