Supporting novice elementary mathematics teachers' induction in professional communities and providing innovative forms of pedagogical content knowledge development through information and communication technology

Teaching and Teacher Education

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1051-1065

  Dalgarno, Nancy ^a   Colgan, Lynda ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Mathematics education; Teacher professional development; Technology in education

Indexed keywords

EID: 34447551741     PISSN: 0742051X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tate.2006.04.037     Document Type: Article

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