What kind of a girl does science? The construction of school science identities

Journal of Research in Science Teaching

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 441-458

  Brickhouse, Nancy W ^a   Lowery, Patricia ^a   Schultz, Katherine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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EID: 0011487761     PISSN: 00224308     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2736(200005)37:5<441::AID-TEA4>3.0.CO;2-3     Document Type: Article

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