What students think when teachers get upset: Fundamental attribution error and student-generated reasons for teacher anger

International Journal of Phytoremediation

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 357-369

  McPherson, Mary B ^a   Young, Stacy L ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anger; Attributions; Instructional communication; Student teacher interactions

Indexed keywords

EID: 85011877748     PISSN: 15226514     EISSN: 15497879     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01463370409370206     Document Type: Article

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