Negotiating identities for mathematics teaching in the context of professional development

Journal for Research in Mathematics Education

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 270-304

  Gresalfi, Melissa Sommerfeld ^a   Cobb, Paul ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

In service teacher education; Intermediate middle grades; Professional development; Social and cultural issues; Teacher beliefs; Teaching practice

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957470343     PISSN: 00218251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5951/jresematheduc.42.3.0270     Document Type: Article

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