Urban elementary teachers' perspectives on teaching science to english language learners

Journal of Science Teacher Education

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 263-286

  Lee, Okhee ^a   Maerten Rivera, Jaime ^a   Buxton, Cory ^b   Penfield, Randall ^a   Secada, Walter G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

English language learners; Student diversity; Survey research; Teacher perspectives; Urban schools

Indexed keywords

EID: 67949106461     PISSN: 1046560X     EISSN: 15731847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10972-009-9133-z     Document Type: Article

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