Teacher learning and instructional change: How formal and on-the-job learning opportunities predict change in elementary school teachers' practice

Elementary School Journal

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 323-346

  Parise, Leigh Mesler ^a   Spillane, James P ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 77749324092     PISSN: 00135984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/648981     Document Type: Article

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