Patterns of multilevel variance in psycho-educational phenomena: Comparing motivation, engagement, climate, teaching, and achievement factors

Zeitschrift fur Padagogische Psychologie

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 49-61

  Martin, Andrew J ^a   Bobis, Janette ^a   Anderson, Judy ^a   Way, Jennifer ^a   Vellar, Rosemary ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Catholic Education Office   (Australia)

Author keywords

Climate; Engagement; Motivation; Multilevel modeling

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952337537     PISSN: 10100652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024/1010-0652/a000029     Document Type: Article

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