Motivational Considerations in the Study of Instruction
Cognition and InstructionPublished 1 December 1988
Mark R. Lepper
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(1988). Motivational Considerations in the Study of Instruction. Cognition and Instruction: Vol. 5, No. 4, pp. 289-309.
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