Equitable Science Education in Urban Middle Schools: Do Reform Efforts Make a Difference?

Journal of Research in Science Teaching

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 1130-1144

  Hewson, Peter W ^a   Kahle, Jane Butler ^b   Scantlebury, Kathryn ^c   Davies, Darleen ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^d Discovery   (United States)

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EID: 0035578327     PISSN: 00224308     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tea.10006     Document Type: Article

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