Teachers' beliefs and practices related to mathematics instruction

Teaching and Teacher Education

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 213-226

  Stipek, Deborah J ^a   Givvin, Karen B ^b   Salmon, Julie M ^c   MacGyvers, Valanne L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LessonLab Inc   (United States)

^c 234 Campus Dr   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Classroom practices; Elementary teachers; Mathematics teaching; Teacher beliefs

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035587688     PISSN: 0742051X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0742-051X(00)00052-4     Document Type: Article

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