Gender differences in school success: What are the roles of students' intelligence, personality and motivation?

Educational Research

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 230-243

  Spinath, Birgit ^a   Eckert, Christine ^a   Steinmayr, Ricarda ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

gender differences; individual differences; intelligence; motivation; personality; school achievement

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899910359     PISSN: 00131881     EISSN: 14695847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00131881.2014.898917     Document Type: Article

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