Chinese teachers' attributions and coping strategies for student classroom misbehaviour

Asia Pacific Journal of Education

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 321-337

  Ding, Meixia ^a   Li, Yeping ^b   Li, Xiaobao ^c   Kulm, Gerald ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Chinese teachers; Classroom misbehaviour; Coping strategies; Teacher attributions

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956971216     PISSN: 02188791     EISSN: 17426855     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02188791.2010.495832     Document Type: Article

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