The use of secondary science classroom teaching assistant experiences to recruit academically talented science majors into teaching

Science Education

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 212-227

  Tomanek, Debra ^a   Cummings, Katharine E ^b  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0034342971     PISSN: 00368326     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-237X(200003)84:2<212::AID-SCE5>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Article

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