Fast kids, slow kids, lazy kids: Framing the mismatch problem in mathematics teachers' conversations

Journal of the Learning Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 37-79

  Horn, Ilana Seidel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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EID: 33847640196     PISSN: 10508406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327809jls1601_3     Document Type: Article

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