Does Interest Matter? The Relationship between Academic Interest and Achievement in Mathematics

Journal for Research in Mathematics Education

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 448-470

  Köller, Olaf ^a   Baumert, Jürgen ^a   Schnabel, Kai ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Achievement; Gender issues; Longitudinal studies; Motivation; Secondary mathematics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035565349     PISSN: 00218251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/749801     Document Type: Article

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