Pietro Boscolo
University of Padua
32 Papers
278 Citations
Pietro Boscolo is an academic researcher from University of Padua. The author has contributed to research in topics: Professional writing & Reading (process). The author has an hindex of 18, co-authored 32 publications.
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Papers
Writing and motivation
Suzanne Hidi,Pietro Boscolo +1 more
- 01 Nov 2006
TL;DR: In this paper, the implications of writing instruction based on cognitive and socio-cultural approaches to writing research are discussed, and a systematic analysis of the various models, perspectives, and methods of motivation and writing is provided.
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Trends in Research on Writing as a Learning Activity
Perry D. Klein,Pietro Boscolo +1 more
TL;DR: The authors discusses five trends in research on writing as a learning activity and suggests that writing to learn is a self-regulated activity, dependent on the goals and strategies of the writer, and that several variables mediate and moderate these effects.
Besides knowledge: A cross-sectional study on the relations between epistemic beliefs, achievement goals, self-beliefs, and achievement in science.
TL;DR: This paper examined the contribution of learner cognitive and motivational characteristics to achievement in science at three grade levels and found that knowledge had a direct and an indirect effect via self-concept on achievement.
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Writing Motivation in School: a Systematic Review of Empirical Research in the Early Twenty-First Century
TL;DR: A systematic review of empirical studies on writing motivation conducted in school settings, published between 2000 and 2018 in peer-reviewed journals as discussed by the authors, found that motivation is a catalyst of writing performance in school.
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