Problems in developing a constructivist approach to teaching: One teacher's transition from teacher preparation to teaching

Elementary School Journal

Volumn 102, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 388-413

  Cook, Leslie Susan ^b   Smagorinsky, Peter ^c   Fry, Pamela G ^c   Konopak, Bonnie ^a   Moore, Cynthia ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c NONE

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