An initial evaluation of the teacher-child interaction direct observation system: Measuring teacher-child interaction behaviors in classroom settings

Assessment for Effective Intervention

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 12-23

  Sutherland, Kevin S ^a   Conroy, Maureen A ^b   Vo, Abigail ^a   Abrams, Lisa ^a   Ogston, Paula ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Child behavior; Classroom observation; Teacher behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889028829     PISSN: 15345084     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1534508412463814     Document Type: Article

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