Interrelations among expectancies, task values, and perceived costs in undergraduate biology achievement

Learning and Individual Differences

Volumn 72, Issue , 2019, Pages 26-38

  Perez, Tony ^a   Dai, Ting ^b   Kaplan, Avi ^c   Cromley, Jennifer G ^d   Brooks, Wanda D ^a   White, Arianna C ^a   Mara, Kyle R ^e   Balsai, Michael J ^c  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN INDIANA   (United States)

Author keywords

Expectancy value; Motivation; Perceived costs; Science achievement

Indexed keywords

EID: 85064328071     PISSN: 10416080     EISSN: 18733425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lindif.2019.04.001     Document Type: Article

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