Walking the talk: supporting teachers' growth with differentiated professional learning

Professional Development in Education

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 401-419

  Grierson, Arlene L ^a   Woloshyn, Vera E ^b  

^a NIPISSING UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

assessment; coaching; collaborative learning; differentiated professional development; goal setting; reading instruction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878634105     PISSN: 19415257     EISSN: 19415265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19415257.2012.763143     Document Type: Article

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