Cultural considerations in teachers' perceptions of student classroom behavior and achievement

Teaching and Teacher Education

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 998-1005

  Tyler, Kenneth M ^a   Wade Boykin, A ^b   Walton, Tia R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b HOWARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cultural orientation; Culture; Teachers' perceptions

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749532097     PISSN: 0742051X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tate.2006.04.017     Document Type: Article

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