Using classroom observation as a research and formative evaluation tool in educational reform: The school observation measure

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

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 144-173

  Ross, Steven M ^a   Smith, Lana J ^a   Alberg, Marty ^a   Lowther, Deborah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

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EID: 84927086171     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511616419.007     Document Type: Chapter

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