Assessment policy and practice effects on New Zealand and Queensland teachers' conceptions of teaching

Journal of Education for Teaching

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 61-75

  Brown, Gavin T L ^a   Lake, Robert ^b   Matters, Gabrielle ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b NovumAVI   (Australia)

^c Australian Council for Educational Research   (Australia)

Author keywords

Confirmatory factor analysis; Elementary teachers; High school teachers; Invariance analysis; New Zealand; Queensland; Survey research; Teaching Perspectives Inventory; Transmission teacher

Indexed keywords

EID: 61449237547     PISSN: 02607476     EISSN: 13600540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02607470802587152     Document Type: Article

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