Connecting Girls and Science: A Feminist Teacher Research Study of a High School Prenatal Testing Unit

Journal of Research in Science Teaching

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 877-896

  Howes, Elaine Virginia ^a  

^a Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

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EID: 0000561112     PISSN: 00224308     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2736(199810)35:8<877::AID-TEA5>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Article

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