Urban elementary school teachers' knowledge and practices in teaching science to english language learners

Science Education

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 733-758

  Lee, Okhee ^a   Lewis, Scott ^a   Adamson, Karen ^a   Maerten Rivera, Jaime ^a   Secada, Walter G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

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EID: 47049102491     PISSN: 00368326     EISSN: 1098237X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sce.20255     Document Type: Article

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