Managing learning trajectories: The case of 14-19 mathematics

Educational Review

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 179-193

  Noyes, Andrew ^a   Sealey, Paula ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

14 19 year olds; Curriculum; Learner progression; Mathematics department leaders; Teaching

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957611457     PISSN: 00131911     EISSN: 14653397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00131911.2010.534768     Document Type: Article

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