Research and Teaching: Graduate Students as Middle School Content Experts

by: William H. Leonard, Robert M. Horton, John R. Wagner, and John K. Luedeman

This article describes how an NSF project sponsors graduate students who provide rich science content expertise for middle school teachers and their students and simultaneously gives these graduate students extensive exposure and understanding of the workings of typical middle school classrooms. The reason for the project, its plan of operation, and observational data are provided.

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Type Journal ArticlePub Date 2/1/2003Stock # jcst03_032_05_302Volume 032Issue 05

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