Boring but important: A self-transcendent purpose for learning fosters academic self-regulation.
Volume: 107, Issue: 4, Pages: 559 - 580
Published: Oct 1, 2014
Abstract
Many important learning tasks feel uninteresting and tedious to learners. This research proposed that promoting a prosocial, self-transcendent purpose could improve academic self-regulation on such tasks. This proposal was supported in 4 studies with over 2,000 adolescents and young adults. Study 1 documented a correlation between a self-transcendent purpose for learning and self-reported trait measures of academic self-regulation. Those with...
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Title
Boring but important: A self-transcendent purpose for learning fosters academic self-regulation.
Published Date
Oct 1, 2014
Volume
107
Issue
4
Pages
559 - 580
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