Can professional development of teachers reduce disparity in student achievement?

Teaching and Teacher Education

Volumn 58, Issue , 2016, Pages 163-173

  Meissel, Kane ^a   Parr, Judy M ^a   Timperley, Helen S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Achievement gap; At risk students; Professional development; Program evaluation; Teacher education development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84969894790     PISSN: 0742051X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tate.2016.05.013     Document Type: Article

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