Effectiveness of an online community of practice for learning to teach elementary science

Journal of Educational Computing Research

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 225-258

  Tsai, I Chun ^a   Laffey, James ^b   Hanuscin, Deborah ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

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EID: 77955894777     PISSN: 07356331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/EC.43.2.e     Document Type: Article

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