Assessing Beginning Secondary Science Teachers' PCK: Pilot Year Results

School Science and Mathematics

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 52-60

  Lee, Eunmi ^a   Brown, Michelle N ^b   Luft, Julie A ^c   Roehrig, Gillian H ^d  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b O'Henry Middle School   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

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EID: 85170078495     PISSN: 00366803     EISSN: 19498594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1949-8594.2007.tb17768.x     Document Type: Article

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