Conceptualizing the work of leading mathematical tasks in professional development

Journal of Teacher Education

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 364-379

  Elliott, Rebekah ^a   Kazemi, Elham ^b   Lesseig, Kristin ^a   Mumme, Judith ^c   Carroll, Cathy ^c   Kelley Petersen, Megan ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c WestEd   (United States)

Author keywords

Leader development; Mathematical knowledge for teaching; Mathmatics professional development; Sociomathematical norms

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349314221     PISSN: 00224871     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022487109341150     Document Type: Article

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