Reversing the "standard" direction: Science emerging from the lives of African American students

Journal of Research in Science Teaching

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 1000-1014

  Seiler, Gale ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0035504798     PISSN: 00224308     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tea.1044     Document Type: Article

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