Learning to Teach Generatively: Mentor-Supported Professional Development and Research in Technology-and-Science

Journal of the Learning Sciences

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 317-346

  Schaverien, Lynette ^a   Cosgrove, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

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EID: 0031506105     PISSN: 10508406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327809jls0603_2     Document Type: Article

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