Searching for good mathematics instruction at primary school level valued in Taiwan

ZDM - International Journal on Mathematics Education

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 363-378

  Lin, Pi Jen ^a   Li, Yeping ^b  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 77951530660     PISSN: 18639690     EISSN: 18639704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11858-009-0175-7     Document Type: Article

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