Teacher perceptions of student behavior as a function of class size

Social Psychology of Education

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 245-272

  Englehart, Joshua M ^a  

^a CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Class size; Classroom behavior; Deindividuation; Social facilitation; Social loafing; Teacher perceptions

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748651672     PISSN: 13812890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11218-006-0007-3     Document Type: Article

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