Academic optimism of individual teachers: Confirming a new construct

Teaching and Teacher Education

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1136-1144

  Beard, Karen Stansberry ^a   Hoy, Wayne K ^a   Woolfolk Hoy Anita, A ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic optimism; Teacher beliefs; Teacher efficacy; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952542425     PISSN: 0742051X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tate.2010.02.003     Document Type: Article

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