Teacher effects on social and behavioral skills in early elementary school

Sociology of Education

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 135-159

  Jennings, Jennifer L ^a,b   DiPrete, Thomas A ^c  

^a HARVARD CENTER FOR POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT STUDIES   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral skills; Non cognitive skills; Social skills; Teacher effects; Teacher quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953782563     PISSN: 00380407     EISSN: 19398573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0038040710368011     Document Type: Article

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