What Research Says About Interest in Learning.

Bauer, David

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Publication Date: 1975

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What Research Says About Interest in Learning

Bauer, David

Educational Leadership, 33, 2, 100-4, Nov 75

The article states that students seem to become less interested in learning after several years of education, and that this is due to a traditional curriculum which discourages risk-taking and rewards only the accomplishment of a limited number of skills. (CD)

Descriptors: Conventional Instruction, Curriculum, Educational Innovation, Interest Research, Learning Motivation, Lifelong Learning, Risk, Self Concept, Student Attitudes, Student Educational Objectives, Student Interests, Teacher Education

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