Pressing dilemmas: Meaning-making and justification in mathematics teaching

Journal of Curriculum Studies

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 27-50

  Brodie, Karin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Classroom interaction; Mathematical meaning; Reform pedagogy; South African education; Teaching dilemmas

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951452729     PISSN: 00220272     EISSN: 13665839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220270903149873     Document Type: Article

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