Consistency, longitudinal stability, and predictions of elementary school students’ task interest, success expectancy, and performance in mathematics

Learning and Instruction

Volumn 56, Issue , 2018, Pages 73-83

  Nuutila, Katariina ^a   Tuominen, Heta ^a   Tapola, Anna ^a   Vainikainen, Mari Pauliina ^a,b   Niemivirta, Markku ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

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EID: 85046169599     PISSN: 09594752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.learninstruc.2018.04.003     Document Type: Article

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