The relation between interests and grades: Path analyses in primary school age

International Journal of Educational Research

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-11

  Von Maurice, Jutta ^a   Dörfler, Tobias ^b   Artelt, Cordula ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAMBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Academic achievement; Elementary school students; Grade level; Interests; Path analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887525397     PISSN: 08830355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijer.2013.09.011     Document Type: Article

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