Teachers' reasoning about school violence: The role of gender and location

Contemporary Educational Psychology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 499-528

  Meyer, Heather Ann ^a,b   Astor, Ron Avi ^b   Behre, William J ^c  

^a WELLESLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c The College of New Jersey   (United States)

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EID: 0036813404     PISSN: 0361476X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0361-476X(02)00004-8     Document Type: Article

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