The nature of prospective mathematics teachers' pedagogical content knowledge: The case of multiplication of fractions

Journal of Mathematics Teacher Education

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 213-230

  Isiksal, Mine ^a   Cakiroglu, Erdinc ^a  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Multiplication of fractions; Pedagogical content knowledge; Teacher education

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957955906     PISSN: 13864416     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10857-010-9160-x     Document Type: Article

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