Use of task-value instructional inductions for facilitating engagement and conceptual change

Contemporary Educational Psychology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 51-63

  Johnson, Marcus Lee ^a   Sinatra, Gale M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive engagement; Conceptual change; Expectancy value theory; Motivation; Task values

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869452055     PISSN: 0361476X     EISSN: 10902384     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cedpsych.2012.09.003     Document Type: Article

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