Intervention, evaluation, and policy studies: A randomized trial of teacher development in elementary science: First-year achievement effects

Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 237-264

  Borman, Geoffrey D ^a   Gamoran, Adam ^a   Bowdon, Jill ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Inquiry based pedagogy; Randomized experiment; Science intervention; Teacher professional development

Indexed keywords

EID: 85009597166     PISSN: 19345747     EISSN: 19345739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19345740802328273     Document Type: Article

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