Zen and the art of neriage: Facilitating consensus building in mathematics inquiry lessons through lesson study

Journal of Mathematics Teacher Education

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 5-23

  Inoue, Noriyuki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Consensus building; Lesson study; Mathematical inquiry lesson; Neriage; Proportional reasoning

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952071393     PISSN: 13864416     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10857-010-9150-z     Document Type: Article

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