Collective sensemaking about reading: How teachers mediate reading policy in their professional communities

Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 145-170

  Coburn, Cynthia E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

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EID: 0035624290     PISSN: 01623737     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/01623737023002145     Document Type: Article

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