Sixth grade mathematics teachers' intentions and use of probing, guiding, and factual questions

Journal of Mathematics Teacher Education

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 221-241

  Sahin, Alpaslan ^a   Kulm, Gerald ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Factual; Guiding; Higher order questions; Intention; Probing questions; Teacher questioning

Indexed keywords

EID: 44649176536     PISSN: 13864416     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10857-008-9071-2     Document Type: Article

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