Learning or performance: Predicting drivers of student motivation

ASCILITE 2009 - The Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 184-193

  Dawson, Shane ^a   Macfadyen, Leah ^b   Lockyer, Lori ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Academic analytics; Data mining; Learning design; Learning orientation

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ANALYTICS; AUTOMATED APPROACH; DATA HARVESTING; DISCUSSION FORUM; LEARNING DESIGNS; LEARNING ORIENTATION; MOTIVATION FOR LEARNING; STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT; STUDENT LEARNING; STUDENT MOTIVATION;

DATA MINING; MOTIVATION; RESEARCH;

STUDENTS;

EID: 84870936431     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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