Cognition and policy implementation: District policymakers and the reform of mathematics education

Cognition and Instruction

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 141-179

  Spillane, James P ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0000768851     PISSN: 07370008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S1532690XCI1802_01     Document Type: Article

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