Teachers' self-efficacy, personality, and teaching effectiveness: A meta-analysis

Educational Research Review

Volumn 12, Issue , 2014, Pages 59-76

  Klassen, Robert M ^a   Tze, Virginia M C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Meta analysis; Personality; Self efficacy; Teacher effectiveness; Teachers

Indexed keywords

EID: 84903447494     PISSN: 1747938X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.edurev.2014.06.001     Document Type: Review

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