Becoming (less) scientific: A longitudinal study of students' identity work from elementary to middle school science

Journal of Research in Science Teaching

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 836-869

  Carlone, Heidi B ^a   Scott, Catherine M ^b   Lowder, Cassi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

^b Department of Public Health   (United States)

Author keywords

equity; ethnography; figured worlds; identity; longitudinal study; middle school

Indexed keywords

TEACHING;

EQUITY; ETHNOGRAPHY; FIGURED WORLDS; IDENTITY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MIDDLE SCHOOL;

STUDENTS;

EID: 84905980298     PISSN: 00224308     EISSN: 10982736     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tea.21150     Document Type: Article

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