Mastery-approach goals and knowledge transfer: An investigation into the effects of task structure and framing instructions

Learning and Individual Differences

Volumn 25, Issue , 2013, Pages 21-34

  Belenky, Daniel M ^a   Nokes Malach, Timothy J ^b  

^a Carnegie Mellon University ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Achievement goals; Framing; Invention; Motivation; Preparation for future learning; Transfer

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876855599     PISSN: 10416080     EISSN: 18733425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lindif.2013.02.004     Document Type: Article

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