The craft of intervention: A personal practical theory for a teacher's within-group interactions

Science Education

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 213-231

  Ritchie, Stephen M ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 0033239046     PISSN: 00368326     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-237X(199903)83:2<213::AID-SCE7>3.0.CO;2-E     Document Type: Article

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