Mathematics achievement and attitudes of senior secondary-school students in Transkei, South Africa

Psychological Reports

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 915-919

  Kulubya, Mathias M ^b   Glencross, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRANSKEI   (South Africa)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MATHEMATICS; NEGRO; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOUTH AFRICA; STUDENT;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; SEX FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; STUDENTS;

EID: 0031160137     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.1997.80.3.915     Document Type: Article

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