Professional development in inquiry-based science for elementary teachers of diverse student groups

Journal of Research in Science Teaching

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1021-1043

  Lee, Okhee ^a   Hart, Juliet E ^b   Cuevas, Peggy ^a   Enders, Craig ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b William and Mary   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELEMENTARY TEACHERS; SCIENCE EDUCATION; URBAN SCHOOLS;

LINGUISTICS; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; RESEARCH; STUDENTS;

TEACHING;

EID: 10844276481     PISSN: 00224308     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tea.20037     Document Type: Article

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