School and teacher predictors of science instruction practices with English language learners in Urban elementary schools

Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 93-118

  Maerten Rivera, Jaime ^a   Penfield, Randall ^a   Myers, Nicholas ^a   Lee, Okhee ^a   Buxton, Cory A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

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EID: 70450217353     PISSN: 10728325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1615/JWomenMinorScienEng.v15.i2.10     Document Type: Article

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