The development and initial validation of the student measure of culturally responsive teaching

Assessment for Effective Intervention

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 141-154

  Dickson, Ginger L ^a   Chun, Heejung ^a   Fernandez, Ivelisse Torres ^a  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Culturally responsive teaching; Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses; Measure; Students' perspectives

Indexed keywords

EID: 84978863371     PISSN: 15345084     EISSN: 19387458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1534508415604879     Document Type: Article

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