Solution representations and pedagogical representations in Chinese and U.S. classrooms

Journal of Mathematical Behavior

Volumn 24, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 221-237

  Cai, Jinfa ^a   Lester Jr , Frank K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Classroom instruction; Cross national study; Instructional tasks; Open ended tasks; Pedagogical representation; Problem solving; Solution representation

Indexed keywords

EID: 29444440218     PISSN: 07323123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmathb.2005.09.003     Document Type: Article

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