The nature, meaning, and measure of teacher flow in elementary schools: A test of rival hypotheses

Educational Administration Quarterly

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 426-458

  Beard, Karen Stansberry ^a   Hoy, Wayne K ^b  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic optimism; Flow; Optimal learning; Optimism; Teacher beliefs

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954644054     PISSN: 0013161X     EISSN: 15523519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013161X10375294     Document Type: Article

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