Generalizations in teacher education seductive and misleading

Journal of Teacher Education

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 215-220

  Gitomer, Drew H ^a   Latham, Andrew S ^b  

^a EDUCATIONAL TESTING SERVICE   (United States)

^b Teacher Universe ^*  (United States)

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EID: 0034178465     PISSN: 00224871     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022487100051003009     Document Type: Article

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