Is the Study Process Questionnaire (SPQ) a good predictor of academic achievement? Examining the mediating role of achievement-related classroom behaviours

Instructional Science

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 159-172

  Choy, Jeanette Lyn Fung ^a   O'Grady, Glen ^a   Rotgans, Jerome I ^b  

^a Republic Polytechnic   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Achievement related classroom behaviours; Approaches to learning; Structural equation modelling; Student achievement; Study process questionnaire

Indexed keywords

EID: 83055181513     PISSN: 00204277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11251-011-9171-8     Document Type: Article

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