Verbal ability and teacher effectiveness

Journal of Teacher Education

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 343-354

  Andrew, Michael D ^a,c   Cobb, Casey D ^b,c,d   Giampietro, Peter J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^c Department of Education ^*

^d New England Educational Research Organization   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Teacher education programs; Teacher effectiveness; Teacher quality; Verbal ability

Indexed keywords

EID: 25144472708     PISSN: 00224871     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022487105279928     Document Type: Review

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