Associations of temperament traits and mathematics grades in adolescents are dependent on the rater but independent of motivation and cognitive ability

Learning and Individual Differences

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 490-497

  Hintsanen, Mirka ^a   Alatupa, Saija ^a   Jokela, Markus ^a   Lipsanen, Jari ^a   Hintsa, Taina ^a   Leino, Mare ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b TALLINN UNIVERSITY   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Academic achievement; Cognitive ability; Mathematics; School performance; Temperament

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861779474     PISSN: 10416080     EISSN: 18733425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lindif.2012.03.006     Document Type: Article

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