Commercial teacher selection instruments: The validity of selecting teachers through Beliefs, Attitudes, and values

Review of Educational Research

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 921-940

  Metzger, Scott Alan ^a   Wu, Meng Jia ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Meta analysis; Teacher assessment; Teacher characteristics

Indexed keywords

EID: 63849169075     PISSN: 00346543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/0034654308323035     Document Type: Article

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