Rethinking trends in minority participation in the sciences

Science Education

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 961-977

  Lewis, James L ^a   Menzies, Holly ^b   Nájera, Edgar I ^a   Page, Reba N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 77950933946     PISSN: 00368326     EISSN: 1098237X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sce.20338     Document Type: Article

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