Toward conceptual clarity: A multidimensional, multilevel model of professional learning communities in Dutch elementary schools

Elementary School Journal

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 118-137

  Sleegers, Peter ^a   den Brok, Perry ^b   Verbiest, Eric ^c   Moolenaar, Nienke M ^a,d   Daly, Alan J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b Eindhoven School of Education   (Netherlands)

^c FONTYS UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 84887265976     PISSN: 00135984     EISSN: 15548279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/671063     Document Type: Article

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