Facing facts in U.S. science and mathematics education: Where we stand, where we want to go

Journal of Science Education and Technology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 57-76

  McKnight, Curtis C ^a   Schmidt, William H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

International comparisons; Mathematics education; Science education

Indexed keywords

EID: 54649083382     PISSN: 10590145     EISSN: 15731839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022536200005     Document Type: Article

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