The metamorphosis of the 'virtuoso': Pedagogic patterns in Hong Kong primary mathematics classrooms

Teaching and Teacher Education

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 455-468

  Mok, Ida Ah Chee ^a   Morris, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Classroom interaction; Curriculum reform; Mathematics teaching; Pedagogy; Teacher role

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035635317     PISSN: 0742051X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0742-051X(01)00006-3     Document Type: Article

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