Do we know a successful teacher when we see one?: Experiments in the identification of effective teachers

Journal of Teacher Education

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 367-382

  Strong, Michael ^a   Gargani, John ^b   ̌lu, Özge Hacifazliog ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Gargani Company   (United States)

^c BAHCESEHIR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

classroom observation; teacher effectiveness; teacher evaluation; value added

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052988623     PISSN: 00224871     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022487110390221     Document Type: Article

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