Interpersonal teacher behaviour in primary school classrooms: A cross-cultural validation of a Greek translation of the Questionnaire on Teacher Interaction

Learning Environments Research

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 101-114

  Kokkinos, Constantinos M ^a   Charalambous, Kyriakos ^a   Davazoglou, Aggeliki ^a  

^a DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Greek translation; Interpersonal teacher behaviour; Learning environment; Questionnaire on Teacher Interaction Primary (G QTIP); Validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349185099     PISSN: 13871579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10984-009-9056-9     Document Type: Article

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