Learning from errors: A model of individual processes

Frontline Learning Research

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 12-26

  Tulis, Maria ^a   Steuer, Gabriele ^a   Dresel, Markus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUGSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Emotion; Learning from errors; Motivation; Self regulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84999256689     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22953159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14786/flr.v4i2.168     Document Type: Article

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