Taiwanese teachers' implementation of a new 'constructivist mathematics curriculum': How cognitive and affective issues are addressed

International Journal of Educational Development

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 196-206

  Chiu, Mei Shiu ^a   Whitebread, David ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHENGCHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Curriculum reform; Mathematics pedagogy; Teaching styles

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; CURRICULUM; EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; LEARNING; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PRIMARY EDUCATION; STUDENT; TEACHING;

TAIWAN;

EID: 78149501092     PISSN: 07380593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijedudev.2010.06.014     Document Type: Article

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