A typology of task characteristics and their effects on student engagement

International Journal of Educational Research

Volumn 50, Issue 5-6, 2011, Pages 257-270

  Mitchell, Ian ^a   Carbone, Angela ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Quality learning; Student engagement; Task characteristics; Task typology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855203370     PISSN: 08830355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijer.2011.05.001     Document Type: Article

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