Past and future academic experiences are related with present scholastic achievement when intelligence is controlled

Learning and Individual Differences

Volumn 32, Issue , 2014, Pages 148-155

  Lemos, Gina C ^a   Abad, Francisco J ^b   Almeida, Leandro S ^a   Colom, Roberto ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Academic achievement; Academic aspirations; Academic failure; Cognitive ability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899992703     PISSN: 10416080     EISSN: 18733425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lindif.2014.01.004     Document Type: Article

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