What do teachers believe? Developing a framework for examining beliefs about teachers' knowledge and ability

Contemporary Educational Psychology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 134-176

  Fives, Helenrose ^a   Buehl, Michelle M ^b  

^a Sports Medicine and Spinal Intervention   (United States)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ability beliefs; Implicit beliefs; Pedagogical beliefs; Pedagogical knowledge; Teacher knowledge; Teachers' beliefs

Indexed keywords

EID: 40849140606     PISSN: 0361476X     EISSN: 10902384     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cedpsych.2008.01.001     Document Type: Article

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