The extent to which teacher attitudes and expectations predict academic achievement of final year students

Educational Studies

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 195-206

  Jacobs, Nicky ^a   Harvey, David ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Academic achievement; School culture; Teacher attitudes; Teacher expectations

Indexed keywords

EID: 77249145855     PISSN: 03055698     EISSN: 14653400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03055690903162374     Document Type: Article

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