Informing expectations for induction: Explorations of attrition among supported beginning secondary science teachers in the United States

Teacher Development

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 205-224

  Patterson, Nancy C ^a   Luft, Julie A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

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EID: 85009576533     PISSN: 13664530     EISSN: 17475120     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13664530200200165     Document Type: Article

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