Social dynamics in the classroom: Teacher support and conflict and the peer ecology

Teaching and Teacher Education

Volumn 53, Issue , 2016, Pages 30-40

  Hendrickx, Marloes M H G ^a   Mainhard, M Tim ^a   Boor Klip, Henrike J ^b   Cillessen, Antonius H M ^b   Brekelmans, Mieke ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Differential teacher behavior; Peer ecology; Teacher conflict; Teacher support

Indexed keywords

EID: 84945261513     PISSN: 0742051X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tate.2015.10.004     Document Type: Article

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