Development of Mathematics Interest in Adolescence: Influences of Gender, Family, and School Context

Journal of Research on Adolescence

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 507-537

  Frenzel, Anne C ^a   Goetz, Thomas ^b   Pekrun, Reinhard ^a   Watt, Helen M G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 77953989600     PISSN: 10508392     EISSN: 15327795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-7795.2010.00645.x     Document Type: Article

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