Teacher beliefs about adolescent development: cultural and organizational impacts on japanese and US middle school teachers' beliefs

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Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 187-203

  LeTendre, Gerald K ^a   Akiba, Motoko ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33645406951     PISSN: 03057925     EISSN: 14693623     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03057920120053201     Document Type: Article

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