The relations of vocational interests and mathematical literacy: On the predictive power of interest profiles

Journal of Career Assessment

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 417-438

  Warwas, Jasmin ^a   Nagy, Gabriel ^b   Watermann, Rainer ^c   Hasselhorn, Marcus ^a  

^a GERMAN INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Interest differentiation; Interest level; Interest orientation; Interest profiles; Longitudinal study; Mathematical literacy; Vocational interests

Indexed keywords

EID: 72749122516     PISSN: 10690727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1069072709339284     Document Type: Article

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