Beyond Cold Conceptual Change: The Role of Motivational Beliefs and Classroom Contextual Factors in the Process of Conceptual Change.

Pintrich, Paul R.; And Others

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Publication Date: 1993

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Beyond Cold Conceptual Change: The Role of Motivational Beliefs and Classroom Contextual Factors in the Process of Conceptual Change.

Pintrich, Paul R.; And Others

Review of Educational Research, v63 n2 p167-99 Sum 1993

An analysis is presented of a conceptual change model for describing student learning by applying research on student learning to the process of conceptual change. Four general motivational constructs are suggested as potential mediators of the process. The role of classroom contextual factors is also discussed. (SLD)

Descriptors: Beliefs, Classroom Environment, Context Effect, Elementary Secondary Education, Epistemology, Goal Orientation, Learning Processes, Models, Prior Learning, Self Efficacy, Social Cognition, Student Educational Objectives, Student Motivation, Values

Publication Type: Reports - Evaluative; Speeches/Meeting Papers; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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