Assessing teachers' beliefs about their science teaching context

Journal of Research in Science Teaching

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 275-292

  Lumpe, Andrew T ^a   Haney, Jodi J ^b   Czerniak, Charlene M ^c  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

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EID: 0038157770     PISSN: 00224308     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2736(200003)37:3<275::AID-TEA4>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Article

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