Evaluation of teacher attributes as predictors of success in urban schools

Journal of Teacher Education

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 177-187

  Sachs, Stephanie Kay ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b Saint Louis Public Schools   (United States)

Author keywords

Discriminant analysis; Factor analysis; Teacher attributes; Urban teacher; Urban teaching

Indexed keywords

EID: 1642288151     PISSN: 00224871     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022487103261569     Document Type: Article

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