Intrinsic Motivation and the Process of Learning: Beneficial Effects of Contextualization, Personalization, and Choice
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Diana I. Cordova, Mark R. Lepper
Journal of Educational Psychology Volume 88, Number 4, ISSN 0022-0663
Abstract
The effects on the learning process of the strategies of contextualization, personalization, and provision of choices for enhancing students intrinsic motivation were studied with 72 fourth and fifth graders in one control and four experimental conditions. All three strategies produced increases in student motivation and in engagement in learning. (SLD)
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Cordova, D.I. & Lepper, M.R. (1996). Intrinsic Motivation and the Process of Learning: Beneficial Effects of Contextualization, Personalization, and Choice. Journal of Educational Psychology, 88(4), 715. Retrieved November 29, 2023 from https://www.learntechlib.org/p/82782/.

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