Authentic pedagogy: Its presence in social studies classrooms and relationship to student performance on state-mandated tests

Theory and Research in Social Education

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 89-132

  Saye, John ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

authentic pedagogy; secondary social studies; state mandated testing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874590982     PISSN: 00933104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00933104.2013.756785     Document Type: Article

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