Examination of the psychometric properties of the test anxiety scale for elementary students (TAS-E) scores

Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 503-514

  Lowe, Patricia A ^a   Grumbein, Matthew J ^a   Raad, Jennifer M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

construct validity; elementary students; gender differences; reliability; test anxiety

Indexed keywords

EID: 80055120498     PISSN: 07342829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734282910395894     Document Type: Article

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