Student achievement and elementary teachers' perceptions of school climate

Learning Environments Research

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 111-122

  Johnson, Bruce ^a   Stevens, Joseph J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

School climate; School level environment questionnaire (SLEQ); Structural equation modelling; Student achievement; Teacher perceptions

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750900955     PISSN: 13871579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10984-006-9007-7     Document Type: Article

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