Effects of teacher professional learning activities on student achievement growth

Journal of Educational Research

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 99-110

  Akiba, Motoko ^a   Liang, Guodong ^b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Community Training and Assistance Center ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Mathematics teachers; Student achievement; Survey; Teacher professional development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84960298878     PISSN: 00220671     EISSN: 19400675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220671.2014.924470     Document Type: Article

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