Gender Issues in Science Education Research: Remembering Where the Difference Lies

Handbook of Research on Science Education

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 257-285

  Scantlebury, Kathryn ^a   Baker, Dale ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203824696-12     Document Type: Chapter

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