Students' perceptions of interpersonal aspects of the learning environment

Learning Environments Research

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 5-36

  Levy, Jack ^a   Den Brok, Perry ^b   Wubbels, Theo ^b   Brekelmans, Mieke ^b  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Classroom environment; Interpersonal behavior; Multilevel analysis; Student perceptions; Teacher student relationships

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037706488     PISSN: 13871579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022967927037     Document Type: Article

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