Considerations for classroom seating arrangements and the role of teacher characteristics and beliefs

Social Psychology of Education

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 749-774

  Gremmen, Mariola C ^a,b   van den Berg, Yvonne H M ^a   Segers, Eliane ^a   Cillessen, Antonius H N ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b NONE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Classroom management; Classroom seating arrangements; Teacher beliefs; Teacher considerations

Indexed keywords

EID: 85000916922     PISSN: 13812890     EISSN: 15731928     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11218-016-9353-y     Document Type: Article

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