The Effect of Teacher Coaching on Instruction and Achievement: A Meta-Analysis of the Causal Evidence

Review of Educational Research

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2018, Pages 547-588

  Kraft, Matthew A ^a   Blazar, David ^b   Hogan, Dylan ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

effect size; experimental design; meta analysis; professional development; school teacher effectiveness; teacher education development

Indexed keywords

EID: 85042460113     PISSN: 00346543     EISSN: 19351046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/0034654318759268     Document Type: Article

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