Questioning and reading goals: Information-seeking questions asked on scientific texts read under different task conditions

British Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 502-520

  Ishiwa, Koto ^a   Sanjosé, Vicente ^b   Otero, José ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; CONCEPT FORMATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION SEEKING; MALE; MOTIVATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; READING; SCIENCE; SPAIN; STATISTICS; STUDENT; TASK PERFORMANCE; THINKING;

ADULT; COMPREHENSION; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; GOALS; HUMANS; INFORMATION SEEKING BEHAVIOR; MALE; PROBLEM SOLVING; READING; SCIENCE; SPAIN; STUDENTS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; THINKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880015542     PISSN: 00070998     EISSN: 20448279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2044-8279.2012.02079.x     Document Type: Article

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