Chinese (Mainland) teachers' views of effective mathematics teaching and learning

ZDM - International Journal on Mathematics Education

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 287-300

  Wang, Tao ^a   Cai, Jinfa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TULSA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

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EID: 78649288295     PISSN: 18639690     EISSN: 18639704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11858-007-0030-7     Document Type: Article

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