Teachers' attempts to integrate research-based principles into the teaching of numeracy with post-16 learners

Research in Post-Compulsory Education

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 75-92

  Swain, Jon ^a   Swan, Malcolm ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Basic skills; Mathematics; Numeracy; Post 16; Skills for life; Teachers

Indexed keywords

EID: 66249085896     PISSN: 13596748     EISSN: 17475112     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13596740902717424     Document Type: Article

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