Effects of an intellectually caring model on urban African American alternative high school students' conceptual change and achievement in chemistry

Chemistry Education Research and Practice

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 390-407

  Wood, Lynda C ^a   Ebenezer, Jazlin ^b   Boone, Relena ^a  

^a Southfield Public Schools   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84886692336     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11094028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c3rp00021d     Document Type: Article

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