Becoming data driven: The influence of teachers sense of efficacy on concerns related to data-driven decision making

Journal of Experimental Education

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 222-241

  Dunn, Karee E ^a   Airola, Denise T ^a   Lo, Wen Juo ^a   Garrison, Mickey ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b Oregon Department of Education   (United States)

Author keywords

motivation; self efficacy; survey research; teacher preparation; teaching

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873652262     PISSN: 00220973     EISSN: 19400683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220973.2012.699899     Document Type: Article

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