Prior mathematics achievement, cognitive appraisals and anxiety as predictors of finnish students' later mathematics performance and career orientation

Educational Psychology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 431-448

  Kyttälä, Minna ^a   Björn, Piia Maria ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cognitive appraisals; Mathematics achievement; Mathematics anxiety; Outcome expectancy; Outcome value

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954733522     PISSN: 01443410     EISSN: 14695820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01443411003724491     Document Type: Article

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