Curiosity, interest and engagement in technology-pervasive learning environments: A new research agenda

Educational Technology Research and Development

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 181-198

  Arnone, Marilyn P ^a   Small, Ruth V ^a   Chauncey, Sarah A ^a   McKenna, H Patricia ^a  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Contextual factors; Curiosity; Curiosity research; Cyberlearning; Engagement; Interest; Learning modalities; New media ambient learning; Personal factors; Situational factors; Technology pervasive learning environments

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952814862     PISSN: 10421629     EISSN: 15566501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11423-011-9190-9     Document Type: Article

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