A fresh look at brain-based education

Phi Delta Kappan

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 408-417

  Jensen, Eric P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b FIELDING GRADUATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 40749115583     PISSN: 00317217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003172170808900605     Document Type: Article

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