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Rockoff, Jonah E.; Jacob, Brian A.; Kane, Thomas J.; Staiger, Douglas O. – Education Finance and Policy, 2011
Research on the relationship between teacher characteristics and teacher effectiveness has been underway for over a century, yet little progress has been made in linking teacher quality with factors observable at the time of hire. To extend this literature, we administered an in-depth survey to new math teachers in New York City and collected…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Teacher Characteristics, Mathematics Teachers, Beginning Teachers
Rockoff, Jonah E.; Jacob, Brian A.; Kane, Thomas J.; Staiger, Douglas O. – National Bureau of Economic Research, 2008
Research on the relationship between teachers' characteristics and teacher effectiveness has been underway for over a century, yet little progress has been made in linking teacher quality with factors observable at the time of hire. However, most research has examined a relatively small set of characteristics that are collected by school…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Teacher Effectiveness, Self Efficacy, Teacher Selection