Accurate, inaccurate, or biased teacher expectations: Do Dutch teachers differ in their expectations at the end of primary education?

British Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 459-478

  Timmermans, Anneke C ^a   Kuyper, Hans ^a   van der Werf, Greetje ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Between teacher differences; Classroom composition; Multilevel analysis; Teacher expectations

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; SCHOOL; SCHOOL TEACHER; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICAL BIAS; STUDENT;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CHILD; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; SCHOOL TEACHERS; SCHOOLS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STUDENTS;

EID: 84945924048     PISSN: 00070998     EISSN: 20448279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bjep.12087     Document Type: Article

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