Relationship between teacher knowledge of concepts and connections, teaching practice, and student achievement in middle grades mathematics

Educational Studies in Mathematics

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 141-164

  Tchoshanov, Mourat A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive type of teacher knowledge; Student achievement; Teacher content knowledge

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951958783     PISSN: 00131954     EISSN: 15730816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10649-010-9269-y     Document Type: Article

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