Teacher collaboration across and within schools: Supporting individual change in elementary science teaching

Science Education

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 51-65

  Briscoe, Carol ^a   Peters, Joseph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WEST FLORIDA   (United States)

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EID: 0031537745     PISSN: 00368326     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-237X(199701)81:1<51::AID-SCE3>3.0.CO;2-0     Document Type: Article

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