The moderating effect of mindset on the relationship between university students’ critical feedback-seeking and learning

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 112, Issue , 2020, Pages

  Cutumisu, Maria ^a   Lou, Nigel Mantou ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Feedback seeking; Growth mindset; Learning; Performance; Revising

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

FEEDBACK SEEKING; GRAPHIC DESIGN; IMPROVING LEARNING; LEARNING OUTCOME; MEDIATION ANALYSIS; MODERATING EFFECT; UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS; UNIVERSITY STUDENTS;

STUDENTS;

ARTICLE; CANADA; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRETEST POSTTEST DESIGN; THEORETICAL STUDY; UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT; UNIVERSITY STUDENT;

EID: 85088224199     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2020.106445     Document Type: Article

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