Teacher's academic optimism: The development and test of a new construct

Teaching and Teacher Education

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 821-835

  Hoy, Anita Woolfolk ^a   Hoy, Wayne K ^a   Kurz, Nan M ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRIDGEPORT   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic optimism; Teacher attitudes; Teacher behaviour; Teacher efficacy; Teacher expectations for students; Teacher motivation

Indexed keywords

EID: 40749100925     PISSN: 0742051X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tate.2007.08.004     Document Type: Article

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