Teacher and school characteristics and their influence on curriculum implementation

Journal of Research in Science Teaching

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 883-907

  Roehrig, Gillian H ^a   Kruse, Rebecca A ^b   Kern, Anne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemistry; Curriculum; Teacher beliefs

Indexed keywords

CHEMISTRY; DATA ACQUISITION; STUDENTS; TEACHING;

CHEMISTRY CURRICULUM; SUPPORTIVE NETWORKS;

CURRICULA;

EID: 34548710284     PISSN: 00224308     EISSN: 10982736     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tea.20180     Document Type: Article

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