Academic boredom

International Handbook of Emotions in Education

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 311-330

  Goetz, Thomas ^a,b   Hall, Nathan C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b Thurgau University of Teacher Education   (Switzerland)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 84922439740     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203148211     Document Type: Chapter

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