Teachers' perspectives on a professional development intervention to improve science instruction among English language learners

Journal of Science Teacher Education

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 41-67

  Lee, Okhee ^a   Adamson, Karen ^a   Maerten Rivera, Jaime ^a   Lewis, Scott ^a   Thornton, Constance ^b   Leroy, Kathryn ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b Miami Dade County   (United States)

Author keywords

Diversity and equity; English language learners; Professional development intervention; Teachers' perspectives; Urban education

Indexed keywords

EID: 39149092351     PISSN: 1046560X     EISSN: 15731847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10972-007-9081-4     Document Type: Article

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