The design and validation of an instrument to measure teachers’ professional development at work

Studies in Continuing Education

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 162-178

  Evers, Arnoud T ^a   Kreijns, Karel ^a   Van der Heijden, Béatrice I J M ^a,b  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY OF THE NETHERLANDS   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Confirmatory Factor Analysis; measurement instrument; professional development at work; teachers; TPD@Work

Indexed keywords

EID: 84940515278     PISSN: 0158037X     EISSN: 1470126X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0158037X.2015.1055465     Document Type: Review

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