The development and use of a structured teacher observation scale to assess differentiated best practice

Roeper Review

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 84-92

  Van Tassel‐Baska, Joyce ^a   Quek, Chwee ^b   Feng, Annie Xuemei ^a  

^a Dept of Economics and Thomas Jefferson Program in Public Policy at the College of William and Mary   (United States)

^b Gifted Education Branch   (Singapore)

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EID: 85007866468     PISSN: 02783193     EISSN: 1940865X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02783190709554391     Document Type: Article

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