Improving county-based science programs: Bringing out the science teacher in your volunteer leaders

Journal of Extension

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2004, Pages

  Smith, Martin H ^a   Meehan, Cheryl L ^a   Enfield, Richard P ^b   George, Jeannette L ^b   Young, Jane Chin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA COOPERATIVE EXTENSION   (United States)

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