Teachers adapt their instruction according to students' academic performance

Educational Psychology

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 571-588

  Nurmi, Jari Erik ^a   Viljaranta, Jaana ^a   Tolvanen, Asko ^a   Aunola, Kaisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

academic performance; classroom practice; differential instruction; evocative impact; individualised instruction; student characteristics; teacher student relationship

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864014570     PISSN: 01443410     EISSN: 14695820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01443410.2012.675645     Document Type: Article

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