STEM Motivation Interventions for Adolescents: A Promising Start, but Further to Go

Educational Psychologist

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 146-163

  Rosenzweig, Emily Q ^a   Wigfield, Allan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

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EID: 84964465622     PISSN: 00461520     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00461520.2016.1154792     Document Type: Review

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