Measuring teaching quality and student engagement in South Korea and The Netherlands

School Effectiveness and School Improvement

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 337-349

  van de Grift, Wim J C M ^a   Chun, Seyeoung ^b   Maulana, Ridwan ^a   Lee, Okhwa ^c   Helms Lorenz, Michelle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b Chungnam National University   (South Korea)

^c Chungbuk National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

international comparison; observation; student engagement; Teacher effectiveness

Indexed keywords

EID: 85000910650     PISSN: 09243453     EISSN: 17445124     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09243453.2016.1263215     Document Type: Article

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