Teacher collaboration: A systematic review

Educational Research Review

Volumn 15, Issue , 2015, Pages 17-40

  Vangrieken, Katrien ^a   Dochy, Filip ^a   Raes, Elisabeth ^a   Kyndt, Eva ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Teacher collaboration; Teacher teams; Team entitativity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84934889300     PISSN: 1747938X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.edurev.2015.04.002     Document Type: Review

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