Cognitive ability and personality variables as predictors of school grades and test scores in adolescents

Learning and Instruction

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 368-375

  Hofer, Manfred ^a   Kuhnle, Claudia ^a   Kilian, Britta ^a   Fries, Stefan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

^b BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Academic achievement; Cognitive ability; Grades; Motivation; Self control strength

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862766742     PISSN: 09594752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.learninstruc.2012.02.003     Document Type: Article

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