Are SSATs and GPA Enough? A Theory-Based Approach to Predicting Academic Success in Secondary School

Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 964-981

  Grigorenko, Elena L ^a,b   Jarvin, Linda ^c   Diffley III, Ray ^d   Goodyear, Julie ^d   Shanahan, Edward J ^d   Sternberg, Robert J ^c  

^a Department of Pediatrics   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Choate Rosemary Hall   (United States)

Author keywords

academic success; Creativity Synthesized); Intelligence; secondary school; self regulated learning (SRL); WICS (Wisdom

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449711317     PISSN: 00220663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0015906     Document Type: Article

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