Students' self-reported effort and time on homework in six school subjects: Between-students differences and within-student variation

Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 432-444

  Trautwein, Ulrich ^a   Lüdtke, Oliver ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Conscientiousness; Homework effort; Intraindividual design; Motivation; Multilevel modeling

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248633113     PISSN: 00220663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-0663.99.2.432     Document Type: Article

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