Executive function during teacher preparation

Teaching and Teacher Education

Volumn 63, Issue , 2017, Pages 168-175

  Corcoran, Roisin P ^a,b   O'Flaherty, Joanne ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Executive function; Pre service teachers; Teacher preparation

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008932654     PISSN: 0742051X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tate.2016.12.023     Document Type: Article

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