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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Ainley, Mary – Educational Psychology Review, 2006
In this paper we draw on our research on interest to explore the questions posed for this special issue. Interest is conceptualized as an affective state that represents students' subjective experience of learning; the state that arises from either situational triggers or a well-developed individual interest. Drawing on the broad research…
Descriptors: Learning Motivation, Literature, High School Students, Educational Research
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Ainley, Mary; Patrick, Lyn – Educational Psychology Review, 2006
A micro-level approach to the study of relationships between component processes within self-regulated learning in young adolescent students is described. Using this approach, contingencies between self-regulatory processes can be identified and insight into factors that promote students' use of self-regulatory strategies can be investigated.…
Descriptors: Independent Study, Learning Processes, Achievement Need, Early Adolescents