Interest and Its Development

The Oxford Handbook of Human Motivation

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Ann Renninger, K ^a   Su, Stephanie ^a  

^a SWARTHMORE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Achievement; Affect; Interest; Interest development; Knowledge; Metacognition; Value

Indexed keywords

EID: 84923547443     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780195399820.013.0011     Document Type: Chapter

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