Learning as a cultural process: Achieving equity through diversity

The Cambridge Handbook of the Learning Sciences, Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 686-706

  Nasir, Na’ilah Suad ^a   Rosebery, Ann S ^b   Warren, Beth ^b   Lee, Carol D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b TERC ^*  (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9781139519526.041     Document Type: Chapter

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