When The rubber meets the road: Putting research-based methods to test in urban classrooms

ICLS 2006 - International Conference of the Learning Sciences, Proceedings

Volumn 1, Issue , 2006, Pages 418-424

  Li, Junlei ^a   Klahr, David ^a   Jabbour, Amanda ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE ASSESSMENT; CLASSROOM TEACHERS; COMPARISON GROUP; CRITICAL CHALLENGES; INSTRUCTIONAL METHODS; PSYCHOLOGICAL RESEARCH; SCIENCE INSTRUCTIONS; STANDARDIZED TESTS;

TEACHING;

RESEARCH;

EID: 77249178035     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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