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APA

Hong, J.-C., Hwang, M.-Y., Szeto, E., Tai, K.-H., & Tsai, C.-R. (2016). Positive Affect Relevant to Epistemic Curiosity to Reflect Continuance Intention to Join a Hands-On Making Contest. Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 12(9), 2267-2279. https://doi.org/10.12973/eurasia.2016.1276a

Vancouver

Hong JC, Hwang MY, Szeto E, Tai KH, Tsai CR. Positive Affect Relevant to Epistemic Curiosity to Reflect Continuance Intention to Join a Hands-On Making Contest. EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed. 2016;12(9):2267-79. https://doi.org/10.12973/eurasia.2016.1276a

AMA

Hong JC, Hwang MY, Szeto E, Tai KH, Tsai CR. Positive Affect Relevant to Epistemic Curiosity to Reflect Continuance Intention to Join a Hands-On Making Contest. EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed. 2016;12(9), 2267-2279. https://doi.org/10.12973/eurasia.2016.1276a

Chicago

Hong, Jon-Chao, Ming-Yueh Hwang, Elson Szeto, Kai-Hsin Tai, and Chi-Ruei Tsai. "Positive Affect Relevant to Epistemic Curiosity to Reflect Continuance Intention to Join a Hands-On Making Contest". Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education 2016 12 no. 9 (2016): 2267-2279. https://doi.org/10.12973/eurasia.2016.1276a

Harvard

Hong, J.-C., Hwang, M.-Y., Szeto, E., Tai, K.-H., and Tsai, C.-R. (2016). Positive Affect Relevant to Epistemic Curiosity to Reflect Continuance Intention to Join a Hands-On Making Contest. Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 12(9), pp. 2267-2279. https://doi.org/10.12973/eurasia.2016.1276a

MLA

Hong, Jon-Chao et al. "Positive Affect Relevant to Epistemic Curiosity to Reflect Continuance Intention to Join a Hands-On Making Contest". Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, vol. 12, no. 9, 2016, pp. 2267-2279. https://doi.org/10.12973/eurasia.2016.1276a