Success of a professional-development model in assisting teachers to change their teaching to match the more emphasis conditions urged in the national science education standards

Journal of Science Teacher Education

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 309-322

  Kimble, Larry L ^a   Yager, Robert E ^b   Yager, Stuart O ^c  

^a DICKINSON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c BETHEL COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 33845472256     PISSN: 1046560X     EISSN: 15731847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10972-006-9022-7     Document Type: Article

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