Impact of professional development on teacher practice: Uncovering connections

Teaching and Teacher Education

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 599-607

  Buczynski, Sandy ^a   Hansen, C Bobbi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Elementary science education; Inquiry; Professional development

Indexed keywords

EID: 76349096484     PISSN: 0742051X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tate.2009.09.006     Document Type: Article

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