Constructing competence: An analysis of student participation in the activity systems of mathematics classrooms

Educational Studies in Mathematics

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 49-70

  Gresalfi, Melissa ^a   Martin, Taylor ^b   Hand, Victoria ^c   Greeno, James ^d  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Classroom culture; Competence; Discourse analysis; Middle school; Urban schools

Indexed keywords

EID: 57849107550     PISSN: 00131954     EISSN: 15730816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10649-008-9141-5     Document Type: Article

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