Teachers' and Students' Perceptions of Effective Physics Teacher Characteristics

2012-12-01
Korur, Fikret
Eryılmaz, Ali
Problem Statement: What do teachers and students in Turkey perceive as the common characteristics of effective physics teachers?
EGITIM ARASTIRMALARI-EURASIAN JOURNAL OF EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH

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Citation Formats
F. Korur and A. Eryılmaz, “Teachers’ and Students’ Perceptions of Effective Physics Teacher Characteristics,” EGITIM ARASTIRMALARI-EURASIAN JOURNAL OF EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH, pp. 101–120, 2012, Accessed: 00, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/55393.