The history of science curriculum reform in the United States

Handbook of Research on Science Education

Volumn 2, Issue , 2014, Pages 559-578

  DeBoer, George E ^a  

^a AAAS   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203097267     Document Type: Chapter

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