Using students' assessment of classroom environment to develop a typology of secondary school classrooms

International Education Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 906-915

  Dorman, Jeffrey P ^a   Aldridge, Jill M ^b   Fraser, Barry J ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Classroom environment; Classroom typology; Cluster analysis; Outcomes focused learning; Technology rich learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 45749084124     PISSN: 14431475     EISSN: 14431475     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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