An investigation on experienced teachers' knowledge and perceptions of instructional theories and practices

Computers in the Schools

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 20-34

  Liu, Leping ^a   Jones, Paul E ^b   Sadera, William A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b TOWSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Experienced teachers; Instructional practice; Teacher education

Indexed keywords

EXPERIENCED TEACHERS; INSTRUCTIONAL PRACTICES; INSTRUCTIONAL THEORY; PREDICTIVE MODELING; TEACHER EDUCATION; TEACHERS' KNOWLEDGE; TEACHING AND LEARNING; TEACHING EXPERIENCE;

TEACHING;

EID: 76749122832     PISSN: 07380569     EISSN: 15287033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07380560903536256     Document Type: Article

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