Models and predictors of teacher effectiveness: A comparison of research about teaching and other occupations

Teachers College Record

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 914-960

  Harris, Douglas N ^a   Rutledge, Stacey A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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