Relations between mathematics achievement and motivation in students of diverse achievement levels

Contemporary Educational Psychology

Volumn 55, Issue , 2018, Pages 84-96

  Prast, Emilie J ^a,b   Van de Weijer Bergsma, Eva ^a   Miočević, Milica ^a   Kroesbergen, Evelyn H ^a,c   Van Luit, Johannes E H ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Mathematics achievement; Mathematics anxiety; Perceived competence; Self concept; Self efficacy; Task value

Indexed keywords

EID: 85053295234     PISSN: 0361476X     EISSN: 10902384     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cedpsych.2018.08.002     Document Type: Article

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