How are teachers teaching? A nonparametric approach

Education Economics

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 3-23

  De Witte, Kristof ^a,b   Van Klaveren, Chris ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

nonparametric; performance; problem solving; teaching style; TIMSS 2003

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE; STUDENT; TEACHER TRAINING; TEACHING;

EID: 84890399193     PISSN: 09645292     EISSN: 14695782     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09645292.2011.560448     Document Type: Article

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