Future teachers' professional knowledge on argumentation and proof: A case study from universities in three countries

ZDM - International Journal on Mathematics Education

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 791-811

  Schwarz, Björn ^a   Leung, Issic K C ^b   Buchholtz, Nils ^a   Kaiser, Gabriele ^a   Stillman, Gloria ^c   Brown, Jill ^d   Vale, Colleen ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b THE EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Mathematical content knowledge; Pedagogical content knowledge; Proof; Teacher education

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957965319     PISSN: 18639690     EISSN: 18639704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11858-008-0150-8     Document Type: Article

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