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ERIC Number: EJ598238
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1999
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ISSN: ISSN-0161-4681
Access to Constructivist and Didactic Teaching: Who Gets It? Where Is It Practiced?
Smerdon, Becky A.; Burkam, David T.; Lee, Valerie E.
Teachers College Record, v101 n1 p5-34 Fall 1999
Investigated access to didactic and constructivist instruction in U.S. high school science classrooms. Data from a national sample of 3,660 students and their science teachers (from the National Educational Longitudinal Study) indicated that access to the two types of instruction varied by gender, socioeconomic status, academic ability, and course level. (SM)
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), High School Students, High Schools, Science Instruction, Science Teachers, Secondary School Science, Secondary School Teachers, Student Characteristics, Teacher Characteristics, Teaching Methods
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Didactic Teaching