Science Education and Student Diversity: Race/Ethnicity, Language, Culture, and Socioeconomic Status

Handbook of Research on Science Education

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 171-197

  Lee, Okhee ^a   Luykx, Aurolyn ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203824696-9     Document Type: Chapter

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