Preparing Teachers for Dialectally Diverse Classrooms

Educational Researcher

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 30-37

  Godley, Amanda J ^a   Sweetland, Julie ^b   Wheeler, Rebecca S ^c   Minnici, Angela ^d   Carpenter, Brian D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b The Center for Inspired Teaching   (United States)

^c CHRISTOPHER NEWPORT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84996262812     PISSN: 0013189X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/0013189X035008030     Document Type: Article

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