Can scientific research from the laboratory be of any use to teachers?

Theory into Practice

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 260-267

  Newman, Denis ^a   Cole, Michael ^b  

^a Empirical Education Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 11044228714     PISSN: 00405841     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/tip.2004.0048     Document Type: Article

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