Reconceiving fidelity of implementation: An investigation of elementary whole-number lessons

Journal for Research in Mathematics Education

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 363-395

  Brown, Stacy A ^a   Pitvorec, Kathleen ^b   Ditto, Catherine ^c   Kelso, Catherine Randall ^b  

^a PITZER COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c Chicago Public Schools   (United States)

Author keywords

Classroom interaction; Curriculum; Elementary; Reform in mathematics education; Whole numbers

Indexed keywords

EID: 69249162256     PISSN: 00218251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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