Mentoring beginning primary teachers for exemplary teaching practices

Teaching and Teacher Education

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 684-702

  Roehrig, Alysia D ^a   Bohn, Catherine M ^b   Turner, Jeannine E ^c   Pressley, Michael ^d  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Beginning teacher induction; Mentors; Teacher effectiveness

Indexed keywords

EID: 39449083340     PISSN: 0742051X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tate.2007.02.008     Document Type: Article

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