Powerful learners and critical agents: The goals of five urban caribbean youth in a conceptual physics classroom

Science Education

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 252-277

  Basu, Sreyashi Jhumki ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 40949125783     PISSN: 00368326     EISSN: 1098237X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sce.20241     Document Type: Article

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