Teaching experiments and professional development

Journal of Mathematics Teacher Education

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 285-305

  Norton, Anderson Hassell ^a   McCloskey, Andrea ^b  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Elementary mathematics teacher education; Fractions; Models and modeling; Professional development; Scheme theory; Students' mathematics; Study group; Teaching experiment; Textbooks

Indexed keywords

EID: 50249134139     PISSN: 13864416     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10857-008-9076-x     Document Type: Article

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