Issues-centered instruction with low achieving high school students: The dilemmas of two teachers

Theory and Research in Social Education

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 380-409

  Rossi, John Allen ^a   Pace, Chrjz Topher M ^b  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Lee Davis High School in Richmond   (United States)

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EID: 84917221433     PISSN: 00933104     EISSN: 21631654     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00933104.1998.10505856     Document Type: Article

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