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Direct linkMin Liu; Songhee Han; Peixia Shao; Ying Cai – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2025
To help young students succeed in problem-based learning (PBL), researchers suggested investigating students' need for cognition (NFC), one's inclination to exert mental effort during learning. How one puts mental effort into a learning task is related to motivation. If motivated, students are more likely to engage in challenging tasks, put in…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Middle School Students, Learning Motivation, Technology Uses in Education
