Online courses for math teachers: Comparing self-paced and facilitated cohort approaches

Journal of Technology, Learning, and Assessment

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Carey, Rebecca ^a   Kleiman, Glenn ^b   Russell, Michael ^c   Venable, Joanne Douglas ^c  

^a EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (United States)

^b Friday Institute for Educational Innovation   (United States)

^c BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

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