The prediction of school achievement from a behavior genetic perspective: Results from the German twin study on Cognitive Ability, Self-Reported Motivation, and School Achievement (CoSMoS)

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 381-386

  Gottschling, Juliana ^a   Spengler, Marion ^a   Spinath, Birgit ^b   Spinath, Frank M ^a  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

General cognitive ability; School achievement; Self perceived abilities; Twin study CoSMoS

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862306062     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2012.01.020     Document Type: Review

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