Making connections: Replicating and extending the utility value intervention in the classroom

Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 387-404

  Hulleman, Chris S ^a   Kosovich, Jeff J ^a   Barron, Kenneth E ^b   Daniel, David B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic motivation; Educational intervention; Expectancy value motivation; Gender; Utility value

Indexed keywords

EID: 84981747158     PISSN: 00220663     EISSN: 19392176     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/edu0000146     Document Type: Article

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