Creative mathematics teaching in the eye of the beholder: Focusing on teachers' conceptions

Research in Mathematics Education

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 17-32

  Lev Zamir, Hana ^a,b   Leikin, Roza ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b School for Gifted and Excellent Students   (Israel)

Author keywords

Creativity; Mathematics teaching; Teacher conceptions

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951831574     PISSN: 14794802     EISSN: 17540178     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14794802.2011.550715     Document Type: Article

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