Evaluating professional development of american history teachers

Theory and Research in Social Education

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 484-515

  Kortecamp, Karen ^a   Steeves, Kathleen Anderson ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 85007362904     PISSN: 00933104     EISSN: 21631654     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00933104.2006.10473319     Document Type: Article

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