Teacher/student interactions and classroom behavior: The role of student temperament and gender

Journal of Research in Childhood Education

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 283-301

  McClowry, Sandra Graham ^a   Rodriguez, Eileen T ^b   Tamis Lemonda, Catherine S ^a   Spellmann, Mark E ^a   Carlson, Allyson ^c   Snow, David L ^d  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Mathmatica   (United States)

^c PC   (United States)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

disruptive student behavior; school children; teacher student interactions; temperament

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879659271     PISSN: 02568543     EISSN: 21502641     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02568543.2013.796330     Document Type: Article

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