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Preparing student teachers for alternative assessment in science

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  1. Department of Secondary Education, California State University, 91330-8265, Northridge, California

    Norman Herr & Margaret Holzer

  2. California Department of Education, USA

    Megan Martin

  3. California Academy of Mathematics & Science, USA

    Roxie Esterle

  4. Kennedy High School, USA

    Connie Sparks

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This material is based upon work supported in part by a grant from the National Science Foundation California State University Student Teaching Development Project (DOE-9250027) and the W. M. Keck Foundation. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this article are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the funding ordanizations.

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Herr, N., Holzer, M., Martin, M. et al. Preparing student teachers for alternative assessment in science. J Sci Teacher Educ 6, 27–32 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02614544

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