Infusing Neuroscience Into Teacher Professional Development

Educational Researcher

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 317-329

  Dubinsky, Janet M ^a   Roehrig, Gillian ^a   Varma, Sashank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

mixed methods; neuroscience; observational research; professional development; science education; teacher education development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883039199     PISSN: 0013189X     EISSN: 1935102X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/0013189X13499403     Document Type: Article

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