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ERIC Number: EJ471891
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1993
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ISSN: ISSN-0034-6543
Beyond Cold Conceptual Change: The Role of Motivational Beliefs and Classroom Contextual Factors in the Process of Conceptual Change.
Pintrich, Paul R.; And Others
Review of Educational Research, v63 n2 p167-99 Sum 1993
An analysis is presented of a conceptual change model for describing student learning by applying research on student learning to the process of conceptual change. Four general motivational constructs are suggested as potential mediators of the process. The role of classroom contextual factors is also discussed. (SLD)
Descriptors: Beliefs, Classroom Environment, Context Effect, Elementary Secondary Education, Epistemology, Goal Orientation, Learning Processes, Models, Prior Learning, Self Efficacy, Social Cognition, Student Educational Objectives, Student Motivation, Values
Publication Type: Reports - Evaluative; Speeches/Meeting Papers; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Conceptual Change; Control Perception
Note: Parts of this paper were presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Assn. (San Francisco, CA, April 20-24, 1992)