Higher levels of intrinsic motivation are related to higher levels of class performance for male but not female students

American Journal of Physiology - Advances in Physiology Education

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 227-232

  Cortright, Ronald N ^a,b   Lujan, Heidi L ^c   Blumberg, Amanda J ^c   Cox, Julie H ^a   DiCarlo, Stephen E ^c  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Learning; Motivation; Sex

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MOTIVATION; SEX; STUDENT;

LEARNING; MOTIVATION; SEX;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; STUDENTS;

EID: 84885914791     PISSN: 10434046     EISSN: 15221229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/advan.00018.2013     Document Type: Article

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