Motivating science undergraduates: Ideas and interventions

International Journal of Innovation in Science and Mathematics Education

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-13

  Walker, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Achievement goals; Intrinsic extrinsic motivation; Person in context; Self efficacy; Sociocultural

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650806001     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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