Bridges and Barriers: Adolescent Perceptions of Student-Teacher Relationships

Urban Education

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 9-43

  McHugh, Rebecca Munnell ^a   Horner, Christy Galletta ^a   Colditz, Jason B ^a   Wallace, Tanner LeBaron ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescents; focus group; high school; relatedness; student teacher relationships

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871308487     PISSN: 00420859     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0042085912451585     Document Type: Article

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