The ISI classroom observation system: Examining the literacy instruction provided to individual students

Educational Researcher

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 85-99

  Connor, Carol McDonald ^a   Morrison, Frederick J ^b   Fishman, Barry J ^b   Ponitz, Claire Cameron ^c   Glasney, Stephanie ^a   Underwood, Phyllis S ^a   Piasta, Shayne B ^a,d   Crowe, Elizabeth Coyne ^a   Schatschneider, Christopher ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^d OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Classroom management; Classroom research; Literacy; Reading; School teacher effectiveness

Indexed keywords

EID: 68249092295     PISSN: 0013189X     EISSN: 1935102X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/0013189X09332373     Document Type: Article

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