Applying Silvia's model of interest to academic text: Is there a third appraisal?

Learning and Individual Differences

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 624-628

  Connelly, Daniel A ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Appraisal theory; Emotion; Interest; Learning; Motivation

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052396422     PISSN: 10416080     EISSN: 18733425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lindif.2011.04.007     Document Type: Article

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