Using video clips of mathematics classroom instruction as item prompts to measure teachers' knowledge of teaching mathematics

Educational and Psychological Measurement

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 845-861

  Kersting, Nicole ^a,b  

^a LessonLab Research Institute

^b LessonLab Research Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Assess; Mathematics; Teacher content knowledge; Validity; Video clips

Indexed keywords

EID: 51049093600     PISSN: 00131644     EISSN: 15523888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013164407313369     Document Type: Article

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