Grade level, study time, and grade retention and their effects on motivation, self-regulated learning strategies, and mathematics achievement: A structural equation model

European Journal of Psychology of Education

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1311-1331

  Rosário, Pedro ^a   Núñez, José Carlos ^b   Valle, António ^c   González Pienda, Julio ^b   Lourenço, Abílio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF A CORUÑA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Mathematics; Middle school; Self regulated learning; Structural equation model

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891670605     PISSN: 02562928     EISSN: 18785174     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10212-012-0167-9     Document Type: Article

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