What makes professional development effective? Results from a national sample of teachers

American Educational Research Journal

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 915-945

  Garet, Michael S ^a   Porter, Andrew C ^b   Desimone, Laura ^c   Birman, Beatrice F ^a   Yoon, Kwang Suk ^a  

^a American Institutes for Research ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0035565297     PISSN: 00028312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/00028312038004915     Document Type: Article

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