Feedback on Teaching From Observations of Teaching: What Do Administrators Say and What Do Teachers Think About It?

NASSP Bulletin

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 164-188

  Khachatryan, Edit ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

classroom observations; feedback on teaching; instructional leadership; teacher perceptions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84930520714     PISSN: 01926365     EISSN: 19301405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0192636515583716     Document Type: Article

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