A Proposal for Improving Classroom Teaching: Lessons from the TIMSS Video Study

Elementary School Journal

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 3-20

  Hiebert, James ^b   Stigler, James W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0001888345     PISSN: 00135984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/499656     Document Type: Article

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