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Peer reviewedNewby, Timothy J.; Alter, Pamela A. – Educational Technology Research and Development, 1989
Discussion of task motivation focuses on study that investigated the choice behavior of college students within a computer problem solving task as they controlled and selected problem difficulty levels which maximized either intrinsic interest or extrinsic reward. Sex differences are examined, and treatment for experimental and control groups is…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Computer Assisted Instruction, Difficulty Level, Higher Education
