Predictors and outcomes of situational interest during a science learning task

Instructional Science

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1047-1064

  Tapola, Anna ^a   Veermans, Marjaana ^b   Niemivirta, Markku ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Achievement goal orientation; Interest; Motivation; Science learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886719868     PISSN: 00204277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11251-013-9273-6     Document Type: Article

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