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