Intrinsic Motivation and Sophisticated Epistemic Beliefs Are Promising Pathways to Science Achievement: Evidence From High Achieving Regions in the East and the West.

Front Psychol · 2021 · PMC7935540 · PMID 33679508

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Moreover, there is a worrying trend that students’ intrinsic motivation to learn science in school and their aspiration to engage in a science-related career declines from elementary to high school ( Alexander et al., 2012 ; Potvin and Hasni, 2014 ).

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