Professional development focused on children's algebraic reasoning in elementary school

Journal for Research in Mathematics Education

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 258-288

  Jacobs, Victoria R ^a   Franke, Megan Loef ^b   Carpenter, Thomas P ^c   Levi, Linda ^c,e   Battey, Dan ^d  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Teachers Development Group   (United States)

Author keywords

Algebra; Arithmetic; Children's strategies; Connections in mathematics; Elementary, K 8; Large scale studies; Professional development; Teacher knowledge

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248566999     PISSN: 00218251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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