Selecting and supporting the use of Mathematics curricula at scale

American Educational Research Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 663-693

  Stein, Mary Kay ^a   Kaufman, Julia H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

curriculum; educational reform; instructional practices; longitudinal studies; mathematics education; teacher knowledge

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957329159     PISSN: 00028312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/0002831209361210     Document Type: Article

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