Using wise interventions to motivate deliberate practice

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 111, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 728-744

  Eskreis Winkler, Lauren ^a   Shulman, Elizabeth P ^b   Young, Victoria ^a   Tsukayama, Eli ^c   Brunwasser, Steven M ^d   Duckworth, Angela L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Achievement; Deliberate practice; Intervention

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICES; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MATHEMATICS; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOMETRY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TEACHING; YOUNG ADULT;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; PERSONALITY; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); PSYCHOMETRICS; TEACHING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85047288886     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/pspp0000074     Document Type: Article

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