Introduction: Purposes and perspectives on classroom observation research

Observational Research in U.S. Classrooms: New Approaches for Understanding Cultural and Linguistic Diversity

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 1-20

  Hilberg, R Soleste ^a   Waxman, Hersh C ^b   Tharp, Roland G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511616419.001     Document Type: Chapter

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