How accurate are teacher and parent judgements of lower secondary school children’s test anxiety?

Educational Psychology

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 909-925

  Karing, Constance ^a   Dörfler, Tobias ^b   Artelt, Cordula ^c  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BAMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

judgement accuracy; parents; teachers; test anxiety

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881511663     PISSN: 01443410     EISSN: 14695820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01443410.2013.814200     Document Type: Article

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