Gender differences in the strength of association between motivation, competency beliefs and reading skill

Educational Research

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 85-94

  Logan, Sarah ^a   Medford, Emma ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attainment; Competency beliefs; Gender; Motivation; Reading

Indexed keywords

EID: 79551667553     PISSN: 00131881     EISSN: 14695847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00131881.2011.552242     Document Type: Article

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