Interest and self-regulation: Relationships between two variables that influence learning

Motivation and Self-Regulated Learning: Theory, Research, and Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 77-110

  Hidi, Suzanne ^a   Ainley, Mary ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203831076     Document Type: Chapter

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