Curriculum Materials as a Professional Development Tool: How a Mathematics Textbook Affected Two Teachers' Learning

Elementary School Journal

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 287-312

  Collopy, Rachel ^a  

^a WINTHROP UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 1542709244     PISSN: 00135984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/499727     Document Type: Article

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