Bilingual education teachers' beliefs and their relation to self-reported practices

Bilingual Research Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 275-299

  Flores, Belinda Bustos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

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EID: 85011185383     PISSN: 15235882     EISSN: 15235890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15235882.2001.10162795     Document Type: Article

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