Academic attribution of secondary students: Gender, year level and achievement level

Educational Psychology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 87-104

  Mok, Magdalena Mo Ching ^a   Kennedy, Kerry John ^a   Moore, Phillip John ^a  

^a THE EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Achievement level; Attribution; Culture; Gender; Hong Kong; Secondary students; Year level

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955402979     PISSN: 01443410     EISSN: 14695820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01443410.2010.518596     Document Type: Article

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