Content and Organization of Teacher's Manuals: An Analysis of Japanese Elementary Mathematics Teacher's Manuals

School Science and Mathematics

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 194-205

  Watanabe, Tad ^a  

^a TOWSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 1542470230     PISSN: 00366803     EISSN: 19498594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1949-8594.2001.tb18022.x     Document Type: Article

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