The disposition to understand for oneself at university: Integrating learning processes with motivation and metacognition

British Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 267-279

  Entwistle, Noel ^a   Mccune, Velda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; HUMAN; LEARNING; MOTIVATION; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; HUMANS; LEARNING; MOTIVATION; PERSONALITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 84878152765     PISSN: 00070998     EISSN: 20448279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bjep.12010     Document Type: Article

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