Teacher interpersonal behaviour and student achievement in English as a Foreign Language classrooms in China

Learning Environments Research

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 157-174

  Wei, Michael ^a   den Brok, Perry ^b   Zhou, Yalun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Achievement; China; Questionnaire on Teacher Interaction; Student perceptions; Teacher student interpersonal behaviour

Indexed keywords

EID: 76349114491     PISSN: 13871579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10984-009-9059-6     Document Type: Article

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