Teachers of the mathematically gifted tell about themselves and their profession

Roeper Review

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 272-280

  Karp, Alexander ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals

Author keywords

Creativity; Mathematically gifted; Problem solving; School with advanced teaching of mathematics; Teacher education

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952434740     PISSN: 02783193     EISSN: 1940865X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02783193.2010.485306     Document Type: Article

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