Do teachers know their students? Examining teacher attunement in secondary schools

School Psychology International

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2018, Pages 416-432

  Marucci, Eleonora ^a   Oldenburg, Beau ^a   Barrera, Davide ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

attunement; peer nominations; secondary schools; teacher attunement; teachers

Indexed keywords

EID: 85051820730     PISSN: 01430343     EISSN: 14617374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0143034318786536     Document Type: Article

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