Relations of mathematics self-concept and its calibration with mathematics achievement: Cultural differences among fifteen-year-olds in 34 countries

Learning and Instruction

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 2-17

  Chiu, Ming Ming ^a   Klassen, Robert M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cross country studies; Cultural differences; Cultural values; Family; Mathematics achievement; Mathematics self concept; OECD PISA

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449679074     PISSN: 09594752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.learninstruc.2008.11.002     Document Type: Article

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