The importance of motivation as a predictor of school achievement

Learning and Individual Differences

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 80-90

  Steinmayr, Ricarda ^a   Spinath, Birgit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Intelligence; Motivation; School achievement

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350593132     PISSN: 10416080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lindif.2008.05.004     Document Type: Article

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