Investigating effects of problem-based versus lecture-based learning environments on student motivation

Contemporary Educational Psychology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 101-113

  Wijnia, Lisette ^a   Loyens, Sofie M M ^a   Derous, Eva ^a,b  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Autonomy support; Motivation; Problem based learning; Self determination; Student centered

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953291632     PISSN: 0361476X     EISSN: 10902384     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cedpsych.2010.11.003     Document Type: Article

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