Expanding the Use of the National Science Education Standards in Accomplishing Needed Reforms

School Science and Mathematics

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-7

  Yager, Robert E ^a  

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EID: 84952973521     PISSN: 00366803     EISSN: 19498594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1949-8594.2006.tb18065.x     Document Type: Editorial

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