What does "motivation" really mean? An example from current engineering education research

2009 Research in Engineering Education Symposium, REES 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Matusovich, Holly ^a   Streveler, Ruth ^b   Miller, Ronald ^c  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY; ENGINEERING EDUCATION RESEARCH; EXPECTANCY-VALUE THEORY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; POTENTIAL VALUES; RESEARCH AREAS; THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION; MOTIVATION; STUDENTS;

RESEARCH;

EID: 84863274619     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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