The effects of teacher qualification, teacher self-efficacy, and classroom practices on fifth graders' literacy outcomes

Elementary School Journal

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 3-24

  Guo, Ying ^a   Connor, Carol McDonald ^b   Yang, Yanyun ^b   Roehrig, Alysia D ^b   Morrison, Frederick J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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EID: 84867254255     PISSN: 00135984     EISSN: 15548279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/665816     Document Type: Article

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