The development of capacity for data use: The role of teacher networks in an elementary school

Teachers College Record

Volumn 117, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1-34

  Farley Riple, Elizabeth ^a   Butram, Joan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

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EID: 84929411171     PISSN: 01614681     EISSN: 14679620     Source Type: Journal    
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