Rehearsing to teach: Content-specific deconstruction of instructional explanations in pre-service teacher training

Journal of Education for Teaching

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 47-60

  Inoue, Noriyuki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Instructional explanation; Instructional rehearsals; Mathematics education; Pedagogical content knowledge; Pre service teachers; Teacher training

Indexed keywords

EID: 61449254651     PISSN: 02607476     EISSN: 13600540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02607470802587137     Document Type: Article

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