Investigating teachers' mathematics teaching understanding: A case for coordinating perspectives

Educational Studies in Mathematics

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 19-43

  Cavey, Laurie O ^a   Whitenack, Joy W ^b   Lovin, Louann ^a  

^a JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Interpretive frameworks; Learning trajectories; Linear functions; Mathematical models; Mathematics teaching; Realistic Mathematics Education; Slope; Teacher knowledge

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751534503     PISSN: 00131954     EISSN: 15730816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10649-006-9031-7     Document Type: Article

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