A teacher expectation intervention: Modelling the practices of high expectation teachers

Contemporary Educational Psychology

Volumn 40, Issue , 2015, Pages 72-85

  Rubie Davies, Christine M ^a   Peterson, Elizabeth R ^b   Sibley, Chris G ^b   Rosenthal, Robert ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Experimental study; Intervention; Mathematics achievement; Reading achievement; Teacher expectations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920280029     PISSN: 0361476X     EISSN: 10902384     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cedpsych.2014.03.003     Document Type: Article

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