Exploring the Context of Teacher Efficacy : The Role of Achievement and Climate / William P. Moore and Mary E. Esselman.

This study hypothesizes that a sense of personal and teaching efficacy can be explained, in part, by a historical pattern of student achievement performance and workplace context. To measure perceptions of efficacy, power, and school climate, a questionnaire was completed by approximately 1,500 elem...

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Main Authors: Moore, William P.
Esselman, Mary E. (Author)
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1994.
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Physical Description:22 pages
Format: Microfilm Book

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