Adolescents' declining motivation to learn science: A follow-up study

Journal of Research in Science Teaching

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1057-1095

  Vedder Weiss, Dana ^a   Fortus, David ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

adolescents; goals; motivation; school culture

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENTS; COLLINS; CONTENT ANALYSIS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GOALS; INTERNATIONAL JOURNALS; NEW RESULTS; QUANTITATIVE RESULT; SCHOOL CULTURE; SCHOOL STUDENTS; SCIENCE EDUCATION; SCIENCE LEARNING; SCIENCE TEACHING; SECONDARY SCHOOLS; SELF EFFICACY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

MOTIVATION;

STUDENTS;

EID: 84867578626     PISSN: 00224308     EISSN: 10982736     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tea.21049     Document Type: Article

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