Associations of student temperament and educational competence with academic achievement: The role of teacher age and teacher and student gender

Teaching and Teacher Education

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 942-951

  Mullola, Sari ^a   Jokela, Markus ^a   Ravaja, Niklas ^a,b   Lipsanen, Jari ^a   Hintsanen, Mirka ^a   Alatupa, Saija ^a   Keltikangas Järvinen, Liisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Educational competence; School achievement; School grades; Teachability; Temperament

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859061026     PISSN: 0742051X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tate.2011.03.005     Document Type: Article

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