Mathematics teachers acting as informal assessors: Practices, problems and recommendations

Educational Studies in Mathematics

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 69-91

  Watson, Anne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Classroom decisions; Mathematics assessment; Mathematics teaching; Social equity and mathematics; Teachers' expectations

Indexed keywords

EID: 17444420387     PISSN: 00131954     EISSN: 15730816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1003933431489     Document Type: Article

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