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Direct linkVansteenkiste, Maarten; Soenens, Bart; Verstuyf, Joke; Lens, Willy – Theory and Research in Education, 2009
Various motivational frameworks converge to suggest that highlighting the relevance of a learning activity yields benefits for students' learning and performance. Herein, we review a set of studies grounded in self-determination theory's distinction between intrinsic and extrinsic goals, which show that the beneficial effect of a learning…
Descriptors: Goal Orientation, Cognitive Structures, Relevance (Education), Learning Activities
