Context and cognition: Implications for educational innovators and anthropologists

Anthropology and Education Quarterly

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 3-21

  Jacob, Evelyn ^a  

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EID: 0031522927     PISSN: 01617761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/aeq.1997.28.1.3     Document Type: Article

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