Analyzing Affective Factors Related to Eighth Grade Learners’ Science and Mathematics Achievement in TIMSS 2007

Asia-Pacific Education Researcher

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 103-110

  Lay, Yoon Fah ^a   Ng, Khar Thoe ^b   Chong, Poi Su ^c  

^a UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SABAH   (Malaysia)

^b SEAMEO RECSAM   (Malaysia)

^c SMK Langkon   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Science and mathematics achievement; TIMSS; Values and expectation towards science and mathematics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922466084     PISSN: 01195646     EISSN: 22437908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40299-013-0163-0     Document Type: Article

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