The effects of self set or externally set goals on learning in an uncertain environment

Learning and Individual Differences

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 575-584

  Osman, Magda ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decision making; Feedback; Goals; Learning; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865369466     PISSN: 10416080     EISSN: 18733425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lindif.2011.09.012     Document Type: Article

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