An analysis of the relationships between Taiwanese eighth and fourth graders’ motivational beliefs and science achievement in TIMSS 2011

Asia Pacific Education Review

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 433-445

  Liou, Pey Yan ^a   Liu, Eric Zhi Feng ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cognitive domains; Intrinsic interest; Science achievement; Self concept; TIMSS

Indexed keywords

EID: 84941425051     PISSN: 15981037     EISSN: 1876407X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12564-015-9381-x     Document Type: Article

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