Are affective factors a good predictor of science achievement? Examining the role of affective factors based on PISA 2006

Learning and Individual Differences

Volumn 24, Issue , 2013, Pages 73-82

  Ozel, Murat ^a   Caglak, Serdar ^b   Erdogan, Mehmet ^c  

^a NIGDE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Affective factors; PISA 2006; Science achievement; Structural equation modeling

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875256784     PISSN: 10416080     EISSN: 18733425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lindif.2012.09.006     Document Type: Article

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