A longitudinal multilevel model analysis of the within-person and between-person effect of effortful engagement and academic self-efficacy on academic performance

Journal of School Psychology

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 295-308

  Galla, Brian M ^a   Wood, Jeffrey J ^a   Tsukayama, Eli ^b   Har, Kim ^a   Chiu, Angela W ^a,d   Langer, David A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d PracticeWise   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic engagement; Academic performance; Noncognitive skills; Self efficacy; Self regulation

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; CHILD; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGY; READING; SELF EFFICACY; STUDENTS;

ACHIEVEMENT; CHILD; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; READING; SELF EFFICACY; STUDENTS;

EID: 84902248555     PISSN: 00224405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsp.2014.04.001     Document Type: Article

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