Improving Teachers' in-Service Professional Development in Mathematics and Science: The Role of Postsecondary Institutions

Educational Policy

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 613-649

  Desimone, Laura ^a   Garet, Michael S ^b   Birman, Beatrice F ^b   Porter, Andrew ^c   Yoon, Kwang Suk ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b American Institutes for Research ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Alignment; Postsecondary institutions; Professional development

Indexed keywords

EID: 0345531112     PISSN: 08959048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0895904803256791     Document Type: Article

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