Interest, cognition, and the case of L- and Science

Cognition and Motivation: Forging an Interdisciplinary Perspective

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 352-382

  Renninger, K Ann ^a   Riley, Kathryn R ^b  

^a SWARTHMORE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84923443451     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9781139021463.021     Document Type: Chapter

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