Content as Context: The Role of School Subjects in Secondary School Teaching

Educational Researcher

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 1995, Pages 5-23

  Grossman, Pamela L ^a   Stodolsky, Susan S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

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EID: 84973758429     PISSN: 0013189X     EISSN: 1935102X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/0013189X024008005     Document Type: Article

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