Motivation and emotions in competition systems for education: An empirical study

IEEE Transactions on Education

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 182-187

  Muñoz Merino, Pedro J ^a   Fernández Molina, Manuel ^a   Muñoz Organero, Mario ^a   Delgado Kloos, Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Assessment; competition; emotions; intelligent tutoring systems; motivation

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; COMPUTER AIDED INSTRUCTION; MOTIVATION;

ASSESSMENT; COMPETITION SYSTEMS; EMOTIONS; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; INTELLIGENT TUTORING SYSTEM; STUDENT MOTIVATION; TECHNOLOGY SYSTEM; TELECOMMUNICATIONS ENGINEERINGS;

STUDENTS;

EID: 84905913884     PISSN: 00189359     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TE.2013.2297318     Document Type: Article

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