Working in the mathematics frame: Maximizing the potential to learn from students' mathematics classroom discussions

Educational Studies in Mathematics

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 197-209

  Mcnair, Rodney E ^a  

^a DELAWARE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Classroom discourse; Classroom instruction; Discourse analysis; Mathematics learning; Small group discussions

Indexed keywords

EID: 29644437775     PISSN: 00131954     EISSN: 15730816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1004143014409     Document Type: Article

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