Teachers' developing ideas and practices about mathematics performance assessment: Successes, stumbling blocks, and implications for professional development

Teaching and Teacher Education

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 259-278

  Borko, Hilda ^a   Mayfield, Vicky ^a   Marion, Scott ^a   Flexer, Roberta ^a   Cumbo, Kate ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

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EID: 0031287153     PISSN: 0742051X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0742-051X(96)00024-8     Document Type: Article

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