Confidence in prior knowledge, self-efficacy, interest and prior knowledge: Influences on conceptual change

Contemporary Educational Psychology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 164-174

  Cordova, Jacqueline R ^a   Sinatra, Gale M ^b   Jones, Suzanne H ^c   Taasoobshirazi, Gita ^d   Lombardi, Doug ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d KENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conceptual change; Confidence judgments; Interest; Motivation; Prior knowledge; Self efficacy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899871405     PISSN: 0361476X     EISSN: 10902384     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cedpsych.2014.03.006     Document Type: Article

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