Tool time: Gender and students' use of tools, control, and authority

Journal of Research in Science Teaching

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 760-783

  Jones, M Gail ^a   Brader Araje, Laura ^a   Carboni, Lisa Wilson ^a   Carter, Glenda ^b   Rua, Melissa J ^a   Banilower, Eric ^a   Hatch, Holly ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0042724873     PISSN: 00224308     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1098-2736(200010)37:8<760::AID-TEA2>3.0.CO;2-V     Document Type: Article

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