Motivation and cognitive load in the flipped classroom: definition, rationale and a call for research

Higher Education Research and Development

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 1-14

  Abeysekera, Lakmal ^a   Dawson, Phillip ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

cognitive load theory; flipped classroom; motivation; self determination theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924187229     PISSN: 07294360     EISSN: 14698366     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07294360.2014.934336     Document Type: Article

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