The match between students' lesson perceptions and preferences: Relations with student characteristics and the importance of motivation

Educational Research

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 439-457

  Könings, Karen D ^a   Brand Gruwel, Saskia ^b   van Merriënboer, Jeroen J G ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY OF THE NETHERLANDS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

alignment; instructional design; motivation; student experience; user satisfaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857833401     PISSN: 00131881     EISSN: 14695847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00131881.2011.625155     Document Type: Article

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