The perceptions of student teachers about the effects of class size with regard to effective teaching process

Qualitative Report

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 395-408

  Çakmak, Melek ^a  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Class size; Effective teaching strategies; Student teachers; Teacher education programs

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349289567     PISSN: 10520147     EISSN: 21603715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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