Interest and performance when learning online: Providing utility value information can be important for both novice and experienced students

International Journal of Cyber Behavior, Psychology and Learning

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 1-15

  Fraughton, Tamra B ^a   Sansone, Carol ^a   Butner, Jonathan ^a   Zachary, Joseph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Experience Defined Motivation; Goal Defined Motivation; Online Learning; Self Regulation of Motivation Model (SRM); Utility Value Information

Indexed keywords

EID: 84882388147     PISSN: 21557136     EISSN: 21557144     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/ijcbpl.2011040101     Document Type: Article

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