Measuring pre-service teachers' attitudes towards inclusive education: Psychometric properties of the TAIS scale

Teaching and Teacher Education

Volumn 52, Issue , 2015, Pages 66-72

  Saloviita, Timo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

Attitude; Factor analysis; Inclusive education; Pre service teacher; Scale development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84942024903     PISSN: 0742051X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tate.2015.09.003     Document Type: Article

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