PERCEIVED SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS AND SCIENCE LEARNING OUTCOMES FOR TAIWANESE EIGHTH GRADERS: STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING WITH A COMPLEX SAMPLING CONSIDERATION

International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 575-600

  Jen, Tsung Hau ^a   Lee, Che Di ^a   Chien, Chin Lung ^b   Hsu, Ying Shao ^a   Chen, Kuan Ming ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENGCHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

complex sampling; large scale survey; learning motivation; science achievement; self determination theory; social relationships; structural equation modeling; TIMSS

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877637128     PISSN: 15710068     EISSN: 15731774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10763-012-9355-y     Document Type: Article

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