Chinese elementary school teachers' perceptions of students' classroom behaviour problems

Educational Psychology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 187-201

  Shen, Jiliang ^a   Zhang, Na ^a   Zhang, Caiyun ^b   Caldarella, Paul ^c   Richardson, Michael J ^c   Shatzer, Ryan H ^c  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b China Central Inst for Educ Res   (China)

^c BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chinese education; Classroom environment; Elementary schools; Problem behaviour; Teacher perceptions

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449629565     PISSN: 01443410     EISSN: 14695820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01443410802654909     Document Type: Article

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