Closed and open-ended question tools in a telephone survey about "The Good Teacher": An example of a mixed method study

Journal of Mixed Methods Research

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 172-196

  Arnon, Sara ^a,b   Reichel, Nirit ^c,d  

^a TEL HAI COLLEGE   (Israel)

^b Golan Research Institute   (Israel)

^c OHALO COLLEGE   (Israel)

^d Kinneret Academic College   (Israel)

Author keywords

Closed and open ended questions; Mixed method research; Telephone survey; The good teacher

Indexed keywords

EID: 62549160029     PISSN: 15586898     EISSN: 15586901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1558689808331036     Document Type: Article

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