A report on the Hoshingabad Science Teaching Program in India

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Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 219-235

  Koul, Ravinder ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cultural factors; Curriculum; Educational change; Evaluation report; HSTP; India; NCERT; Science education; Teacher education; Textbooks

Indexed keywords

EID: 53949093452     PISSN: 08264805     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020938401163     Document Type: Article

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