Elementary school teachers' acceptability of school reform: Contribution of belief congruence, self-efficacy, and professional development

Teaching and Teacher Education

Volumn 51, Issue , 2015, Pages 47-57

  Donnell, Laurie A ^a   Gettinger, Maribeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Belief congruence; Professional development; Response to intervention; School reform; Self efficacy; Treatment acceptability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84934991482     PISSN: 0742051X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tate.2015.06.003     Document Type: Article

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