Mathematics beliefs and achievement of elementary school students in Japan and the United States: Results from the Third International Mathematics and Science Study

Journal of Genetic Psychology

Volumn 167, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 31-45

  House, J Daniel ^a  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Mathematics achievement; Self beliefs; TIMSS

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROL; CULTURAL FACTOR; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; JAPAN; MATHEMATICS; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; STUDENT; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE; CHILD; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; JAPAN; MATHEMATICS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SELF CONCEPT; STUDENTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33646080575     PISSN: 00221325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/GNTP.167.1.31-45     Document Type: Article

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