Professional competence of teachers: Effects on instructional quality and student development

Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 805-820

  Kunter, Mareike ^a   Klusmann, Uta ^b   Baumert, Jürgen ^c   Richter, Dirk ^d   Voss, Thamar ^e   Hachfeld, Axinja ^f  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS EDUCATION   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

^d HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^f FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Instruction; Student achievement; Student motivation; Teacher quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881628392     PISSN: 00220663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0032583     Document Type: Article

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