University students' academic achievement indicators: Grades versus cumulative credits;Indicadores de rendimiento de estudiantes universitarios: Calificaciones versus créditos acumulados

Revista de Educacion

Volumn 355, Issue , 2011, Pages 467-492

  Ayán, María Noel Rodríguez ^a   Díaz, Miguel Ángel Ruíz ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Academic achievement; Credits; Educational indicators; Grades; Higher education; Motivation; Multiple regression analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052594950     PISSN: 00348082     EISSN: 1988592X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4438/1988-592X-RE-2011-355-033     Document Type: Article

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