Architectures for learning: Acomparative analysis of two urban school districts

American Journal of Education

Volumn 114, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 583-626

  Stein, Mary Kay ^a   Coburn, Cynthia E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 48749119439     PISSN: 01956744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/589315     Document Type: Review

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