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The Truth About Lightning Bugs: What Our Children Know

By: Kim Patterson
Publication: The Quarterly, Vol. 21, No. 2
Date: Spring 1999

Summary: Patterson argues that students from rural and economically deprived backgrounds come to school with valuable experience to share. The teacher's job is to find ways to use this knowledge and experience.

 

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