Effects of cognitive ability and affect on school mathematics performance and feelings of difficulty

American Journal of Psychology

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 225-258

  Efklides, Anastasia ^a   Papadaki, Maria ^b   Papantoniou, Georgia ^b   Kiosseoglou, Gregoris ^b  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MATHEMATICS; SCHOOL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; AFFECT; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; SCHOOLS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031157630     PISSN: 00029556     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1423716     Document Type: Article

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