Measuring the Content of Instruction: Uses in Research and Practice

Educational Researcher

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 3-14

  Porter, Andrew C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

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EID: 84993734244     PISSN: 0013189X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/0013189X031007003     Document Type: Article

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