Teachers learning from professional development in elementary science: Reciprocal relations between formative assessment and pedagogical content knowledge

Science Education

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 265-290

  Falk, Andrew ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

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EID: 84857032006     PISSN: 00368326     EISSN: 1098237X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sce.20473     Document Type: Article

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