Facilitating academic achievement through affect attunement in the classroom

Journal of Educational Research

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 185-190

  Poulsen, John ^a   Fouts, Gregory ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Academic performance; Fourth grade students; Learning disabilities; Teacher student attunement

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039841902     PISSN: 00220671     EISSN: 19400675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220670109599915     Document Type: Article

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