Contextual shifting: Teachers emphasizing students' academic identity to promote scientific literacy

Science Education

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1015-1041

  Reveles, John M ^a   Brown, Bryan A ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 55849101632     PISSN: 00368326     EISSN: 1098237X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sce.20283     Document Type: Article

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