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ERIC Number: EJ661208
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2002
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ISSN: ISSN-0361-0365
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Different Disciplines Require Different Motivations for Student Success.
Breen, Rosanna; Lindsay, Roger
Research in Higher Education, v43 n6 p693-725 Dec 2002
Investigated undergraduate motivation to learn, attempting to incorporate the role of discipline-specific factors in motivation to learn. Found that student academic performance is better explained by within- than by across-discipline indexes of motivation, probably because some types of motivation lead to success in some disciplines but failure in others. (EV)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Students, Differences, Higher Education, Intellectual Disciplines, Learning Motivation
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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