Managing peer relations: A dimension of teacher self-efficacy that varies between elementary and middle school teachers and is associated with observed classroom quality

Contemporary Educational Psychology

Volumn 41, Issue , 2015, Pages 147-156

  Ryan, Allison M ^a   Kuusinen, Colleen M ^a   Bedoya Skoog, Alexandra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Early adolescence; Middle school; Peer relations; Self efficacy; Teachers

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921709659     PISSN: 0361476X     EISSN: 10902384     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cedpsych.2015.01.002     Document Type: Article

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