Knowledge needed by a teacher to provide analytic scaffolding during undergraduate mathematics classroom discussions

Journal for Research in Mathematics Education

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 530-562

  Speer, M Natasha ^a   Wagner, F Joseph ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b XAVIER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

College mathematics; Teacher knowledge; Teaching practice

Indexed keywords

EID: 70450213387     PISSN: 00218251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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