Turning points: Using teachers' mathematics life stories to understand the implementation of mathematics education reform

Journal of Mathematics Teacher Education

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 579-608

  Drake, Corey ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Elementary mathematics education; Reform; Teacher narrative

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947633554     PISSN: 13864416     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10857-006-9021-9     Document Type: Article

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