Individual differences in school mathematics performance and feelings of difficulty: The effects of cognitive ability, affect, age, and gender

European Journal of Psychology of Education

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 57-69

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

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Affect; Cognitive ability; Feelings of difficulty; Individual differences; School mathematics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033089458     PISSN: 02562928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03173111     Document Type: Article

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