Multiple identities and the science self: How a young African American boy positions himself in multiple worlds

Identity Construction and Science Education Research: Learning, Teaching, and Being in Multiple Contexts

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 27-42

  Kane, Justine M ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84955744776     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-6209-043-9     Document Type: Chapter

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