Where is the mathematics? Examining teachers' mathematical learning opportunities in practice-based professional learning tasks

Journal of Mathematics Teacher Education

Volumn 10, Issue 4-6, 2007, Pages 261-277

  Silver, Edward A ^a   Clark, Lawrence M ^b   Ghousseini, Hala N ^a   Charalambous, Charalambos Y ^a   Sealy, Jenny T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Mathematic seducation; Mathematical tasks; Mathematics; Teacher education; Teacher professional development

Indexed keywords

EID: 37349103948     PISSN: 13864416     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10857-007-9039-7     Document Type: Article

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