Teacher perceptions and individual differences: How they influence rural teachers' motivating strategies

Teaching and Teacher Education

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 2059-2075

  Hardré, Patricia L ^a   Sullivan, David W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Classroom environment; Classroom goals; Individual differences; Motivation; Teacher education; Teacher perceptions; Teacher professional development' self efficacy

Indexed keywords

EID: 50849121068     PISSN: 0742051X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tate.2008.04.007     Document Type: Article

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