Determinants of classroom environment in Queensland secondary schools: A multilevel reanalysis

Educational Research and Evaluation

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 429-444

  Dorman, Jeffrey P ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Classroom environment; Multilevel analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 53349095840     PISSN: 13803611     EISSN: 17444187     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13803610802337640     Document Type: Article

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