Competent students, competent teachers?

International Journal of Educational Research

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 113-129

  Leung, Frederick ^a   Park, Kyungmee ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b Hong Ik University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

East Asian students; Knowledge package; Procedural teaching; Profound understanding of mathematics; Repeated practice; Teacher competence

Indexed keywords

EID: 23844445211     PISSN: 08830355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0883-0355(02)00055-1     Document Type: Article

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