Do Less Effective Teachers Choose Professional Development Does It Matter?

Evaluation Review

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 346-374

  Barrett, Nathan ^a   Butler, J S ^b   Toma, Eugenia F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

content area; design and evaluation of programs and policies; economic evaluation; education; methodology; outcome evaluation (other than economic evaluation); program implementation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTINUING EDUCATION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MATHEMATICS; METHODOLOGY; PROGRAM EVALUATION; STANDARD; TEACHING; UNITED STATES;

CHILD; EDUCATION, CONTINUING; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; KENTUCKY; MALE; MATHEMATICS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; TEACHING;

EID: 84874220905     PISSN: 0193841X     EISSN: 15523926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0193841X12473304     Document Type: Article

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