Transformation and Context in Middle Grades Reform

Reinventing the Middle School

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 249-268

  Davis, Gayle A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

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EID: 84992783104     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203613542-23     Document Type: Chapter

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