The unique contribution of learning approaches to academic performance, after controlling for IQ and personality: Are there gender differences?

Learning and Individual Differences

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 820-826

  Rosander, Pia ^a   Bäckström, Martin ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Academic performance; Approaches to learning; Big five; Gender differences; General intelligence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868303910     PISSN: 10416080     EISSN: 18733425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lindif.2012.05.011     Document Type: Article

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