A cognitive strategy for developing pedagogical content knowledge in the secondary mathematics methods course: Toward a model of effective practice

Teaching and Teacher Education

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 51-71

  Kinach, Barbara M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

Knowledge transformation process; Mathematics teacher preparation; Pedagogical content knowledge; Preservice teacher education

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036133437     PISSN: 0742051X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0742-051X(01)00050-6     Document Type: Article

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