Believing that one is either a “math person” or a “language person” can have important
implications for students' engagement and performance in different activities and for their …

To facilitate the development of valid multicultural/multilingual tests, the International Test
Commission (ITC) prepared the ITC Guidelines on Test Adaptations. This paper reviews the …

Reciprocal effects models of longitudinal data show that academic self‐concept is both a
cause and an effect of achievement. In this study this model was extended to juxtapose self …

The edited volume Adapting Educational and Psychological Tests for Cross-Cultural
Assessment makes a unique contribution to the field of international and cross-cultural …

Wie lernen Menschen und wie kann man ihnen dabei helfen? In diesem Lehrbuch werden
Theorien und sie stützende empirische Befunde dargestellt, auf deren Grundlage …

Background The multidimensionality of the academic self‐concept in terms of domain
specificity has been well established in previous studies, whereas its multidimensionality in …

The purpose of this study was to examine whether gifted achievers and gifted
underachievers differ in their general academic self-perceptions, attitudes toward school …

This book contributes to our growing understanding of the nature and development of
language learner self-concept. It assesses the relevant literature in the disciplines of …

The relationship among self-concept, self-efficacy, and performance in mathematics was
examined among 416 high school students. Participants completed a questionnaire …

The present study investigated the relations between academic self-concepts and the
emotions of enjoyment, pride, anxiety, anger, and boredom as experienced in mathematics …