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EJ576106 PS528615

Title: Predictors of the Developmental Appropriateness of the Beliefs and Practices of First, Second, and Third Grade Teachers.
Author(s): Buchanan, Teresa; Burts, Diane C.; Bidner, Judy; White, V. Faye; Charlesworth, Rosalind
Source: Early Childhood Research Quarterly, v13 n3 p459-83 1998
Publication Date: 1998
ISSN: 0885-2006
Language: English
Document Type: Journal articles (080); Reports--Research (143)
Journal Announcement: CIJJUL1999

Identified classroom characteristics and teacher characteristics that were related to the self-reported beliefs and classroom practices of first-, second-, and third-grade teachers. Found classroom characteristics and teacher characteristics predicted teacher beliefs and practices and that teacher characteristics added significantly to the prediction of developmentally inappropriate activities. (Author)

Descriptors: Classroom Environment; Primary Education; *Teacher Attitudes; *Teacher Behavior; *Teacher Characteristics; *Teacher Influence; Teacher Role
Identifiers: *Developmentally Appropriate Programs; *Developmentally Inappropriate Programs