The translation of teachers' understanding of gifted students into instructional strategies for teaching science

Journal of Science Teacher Education

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 333-351

  Park, Soonhye ^a   Oliver, J Steve ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Gifted education in science; Instructional; Instructional challenges; Knowledge for teaching; Knowledge of students; Strategies

Indexed keywords

EID: 76149110083     PISSN: 1046560X     EISSN: 15731847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10972-009-9138-7     Document Type: Article

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