Teacher-perceived temperament and educational competence as predictors of school grades

Learning and Individual Differences

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 209-214

  Mullola, Sari ^a   Ravaja, Niklas ^a,b   Lipsanen, Jari ^a   Hirstiö Snellman, Paula ^a   Alatupa, Saija ^a   Keltikangas Järvinen, Liisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b HELSINKI SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

Author keywords

Activity; Educational competence; Task orientation; Temperament

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952741476     PISSN: 10416080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lindif.2010.01.008     Document Type: Article

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