Secondary Science and Mathematics Teachers and Gender Equity: Attitudes and Attempted Interventions

Journal of Research in Science Teaching

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 737-751

  Plucker, Jonathan A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

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EID: 0011439057     PISSN: 00224308     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2736(199609)33:7<737::AID-TEA3>3.0.CO;2-O     Document Type: Article

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