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Title: Motivation and prior knowledge as determinants of knowledge assimilation: Explaining the academic results of tourism students
Authors: García-Almeida, Desiderio J. 
Hernández-López, Lidia 
Ballesteros Rodríguez, José Luis 
De Saá-Pérez, Petra 
UNESCO Clasification: 5802 Organización y planificación de la educación
Keywords: Enseñanza superior
Turismo
Universidad de las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Issue Date: 2012
Journal: Journal of Hospitality, Leisure, Sport and Tourism Education 
Abstract: Higher education in most European countries has experienced major changes in the last years, and tourism studies have not been an exception. In an attempt to understand more about tourism education in order to better face the new academic framework, the specific goal of this work is to know the influence of students' motivation and prior knowledge on successful knowledge assimilation. After gathering and analysing data from tourism students, results show that both variables are relevant to explain academic results. Nevertheless, they have a different influence pattern regarding the grades in the final exam and the grades in the learning activities organized during the course.
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10553/42637
ISSN: 1473-8376
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhlste.2012.04.002
Source: Journal of Hospitality, Leisure, Sport and Tourism Education,v. 11, p. 151-160
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