The nature and predictors of elementary teachers' mathematical knowledge for teaching

Journal for Research in Mathematics Education

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 513-545

  Hill, Heather C ^a  

^a HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Elementary; K 8; Policy issues; Survey data; Teacher knowledge; Teachers (characteristics of)

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649283699     PISSN: 00218251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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