Who likes to learn new things: measuring adult motivation to learn with PIAAC data from 21 countries

Abstract Background Despite the importance of lifelong learning as a key to individual and societal prosperity, we know little about adult motivation to engage in learning across the lifespan. Building on educational psychological approaches, this article presents a measure of Motivation-to-Learn us...

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Main Authors: Julia Gorges, Débora B. Maehler, Tobias Koch, Judith Offerhaus
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2016-05-01
Series:Large-scale Assessments in Education
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40536-016-0024-4