Intensive mentoring that contributes to change in beginning elementary teachers' learning to lead classroom discussions

Teaching and Teacher Education

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 32-43

  Stanulis, Randi Nevins ^a   Little, Sarah ^a   Wibbens, Erin ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Mentoring; Teacher education; Teacher induction

Indexed keywords

EID: 82455194900     PISSN: 0742051X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tate.2011.08.007     Document Type: Article

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