Novice social studies teachers’ implementation of differentiation: A longitudinal multicase study

Theory and Research in Social Education

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2020, Pages 32-73

  Dack, Hilary ^a   Triplett, Nicholas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

ambitious instruction; case study; differentiated instruction; differentiating instruction; differentiation; multicase study; Social studies

Indexed keywords

EID: 85081103493     PISSN: 00933104     EISSN: 21631654     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00933104.2019.1640149     Document Type: Article

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