The paradoxical relationship between student achievement and self-perception: A cross-national analysis based on three waves of TIMSS data

Educational Research and Evaluation

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 87-100

  Shen, C ^a   Tam, H P ^b  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Achievement; Correlation; Self perception; TIMSS

Indexed keywords

EID: 38949165047     PISSN: 13803611     EISSN: 17444187     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13803610801896653     Document Type: Article

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