Achieving Success with African American Learners: A Framework for Culturally Responsive Mathematics Teaching

Childhood Education

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 2-6

  Bonner, Emily P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

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EID: 84867949089     PISSN: 00094056     EISSN: 21620725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00094056.2009.10523100     Document Type: Article

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