Black High School Females' Images of the Scientist: Expression of Culture

Journal of Research in Science Teaching

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 745-768

  Parsons, Eileen Carlton ^a  

^a LENOIR RHYNE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0345252746     PISSN: 00224308     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2736(199709)34:7<745::AID-TEA5>3.0.CO;2-M     Document Type: Article

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