The Role of Mediators in the Development of Longitudinal Mathematics Achievement Associations

Child Development

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1892-1907

  Watts, Tyler W ^a   Duncan, Greg J ^a   Chen, Meichu ^b   Claessens, Amy ^c   Davis Kean, Pamela E ^b   Duckworth, Kathryn ^d   Engel, Mimi ^e   Siegler, Robert ^f   Susperreguy, Maria I ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL PHENOMENA; MATHEMATICS; PHYSIOLOGY; SCHOOL; SELF CONCEPT;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MATHEMATICAL CONCEPTS; MATHEMATICS; SCHOOLS; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 84945443399     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cdev.12416     Document Type: Article

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