Could elementary mathematics textbooks help give attention to reasons in the classroom?

Educational Studies in Mathematics

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 69-84

  Newton, Douglas P ^a   Newton, Lynn D ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Elementary mathematics; Models of practice; Teacher knowledge; Textbooks; Understanding reasons

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751506420     PISSN: 00131954     EISSN: 15730816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10649-005-9015-z     Document Type: Article

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