Learning to Teach toward Standards-Based Writing Instruction: Experiences of Two Preservice Teachers and Two Mentors in an Urban, Multicultural Classroom

Elementary School Journal

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 147-175

  Wang, Jian ^a   Odell, Sandra J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

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EID: 1542394825     PISSN: 00135984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/499747     Document Type: Article

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