Significant teachers as perceived by preadolescents: Do boys and girls perceive them alike?

Journal of Educational Research

Volumn 96, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 269-276

  Schiff, Miriam ^a   Tatar, Moshe ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Elementary school; Gender differences; Preadolescents; Significant teachers; Students' perceptions

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038041336     PISSN: 00220671     EISSN: 19400675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220670309597639     Document Type: Article

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