A Case Analysis of Middle Level Teacher Preparation and Long-term Teacher Dispositions

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Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1-19

  Thornton, Holly ^a  

^a APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 85057075087     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19404476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19404476.2013.11462106     Document Type: Article

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