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She is the co-director of Cultural Connections.
She is the director of Cultural Connections.
Special thanks go to Ana Aguerra, Audrey Gonzolez, and Adriana Geringh in Mexico City, Mexico; and Kathy Barker and Charlotte Slack in College Station, Texas, who helped administer the project. In addition, thanks go to the Texas A&M Center in Mexico City, and to the Center for the Study and Implementation of Collaborative Learning Communities and the Center for Distance Learning Research at Texas A&M University.
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Cifuentes, L., Murphy, K.L. Distance learning among Mexican and Texan children. ETR&D 47, 94–102 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02299602
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