A comparison of rural elementary school teacher attitudes toward three modes of distance education for science professional development

Journal of Science Teacher Education

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 255-267

  Annetta, Leonard ^a   Shymansky, James A ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

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EID: 43049161331     PISSN: 1046560X     EISSN: 15731847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10972-008-9089-4     Document Type: Article

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