Teaching processes in elementary physical education classes taught by specialists and nonspecialists

Teaching and Teacher Education

Volumn 36, Issue , 2013, Pages 68-76

  Constantinides, Panos ^a   Montalvo, Ralph ^b   Silverman, Stephen ^b  

^a FREDERICK UNIVERSITY   (Cyprus)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Effective teaching; Elementary school; Physical activity; Teacher behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883209145     PISSN: 0742051X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tate.2013.07.004     Document Type: Article

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