Evaluating the use of group interviews to select students into teacher-education programs

Journal of Teacher Education

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 163-172

  Byrnes, Deborah A ^a   Kiger, Gary ^a   Shechtman, Zipora ^b  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Characteristics of successful student teachers; Selection of teacher education students

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037341883     PISSN: 00224871     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022487102250310     Document Type: Article

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