Positive predictors of teacher effectiveness

Journal of Positive Psychology

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 540-547

  Duckworth, Angela Lee ^a   Quinn, Patrick D ^b   Seligman, Martin E P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Explanatory style; Grit; Learned helplessness; Life satisfaction; Teacher performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449348187     PISSN: 17439760     EISSN: 17439779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17439760903157232     Document Type: Article

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