Resources for Teaching: Examining Personal and Institutional Predictors of High-Quality Instruction

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Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2015, Pages

  Hill, Heather C ^a   Blazar, David ^a   Lynch, Kathleen ^a  

^a HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION   (United States)

Author keywords

elementary school; instructional practices; mathematics; teachers

Indexed keywords

EID: 84962065255     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23328584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2332858415617703     Document Type: Article

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