Gardens or Graveyards: Science Education Reform and School Culture

Journal of Research in Science Teaching

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 757-775

  Vesilind, Elizabeth M ^a   Jones, M Gail ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

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EID: 0001555882     PISSN: 00224308     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2736(199809)35:7<757::AID-TEA6>3.0.CO;2-K     Document Type: Article

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