Modeling latent true scores to determine the utility of aggregate student perceptions as classroom indicators in HLM: The case of classroom goal structures

Contemporary Educational Psychology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 83-104

  Miller, Angela D ^a   Murdock, Tamera B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Goal structures; Hierarchical linear modeling; Teacher characteristics

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846643677     PISSN: 0361476X     EISSN: 10902384     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cedpsych.2006.10.006     Document Type: Article

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