Curriculum tracking and teacher evaluations of individual students: Selection, adjustment or labeling?

Social Psychology of Education

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 329-352

  Van Houtte, Mieke ^a   Demanet, Jannick ^a   Stevens, Peter A J ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Labeling; Teacher expectations; Teacher perceptions; Tracking

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884163701     PISSN: 13812890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11218-013-9216-8     Document Type: Article

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