The inclusion of multicultural material in middle school science teachers' resource manuals

Science Education

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 181-195

  Eide, Kathleen Y ^a   Heikkinen, Michael W ^b  

^a FLAGLER COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0032381078     PISSN: 00368326     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-237X(199804)82:2<181::AID-SCE4>3.0.CO;2-A     Document Type: Article

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