Using educative curriculum materials to support preservice elementary teachers' curricular planning: A comparison between two different forms of support

Curriculum Inquiry

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 679-703

  Beyer, Carrie J ^a   Davis, Elizabeth A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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EID: 77950612487     PISSN: 03626784     EISSN: 1467873X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-873X.2009.00464.x     Document Type: Article

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