An investigation on Chinese teachers' realistic problem posing and problem solving ability and beliefs

International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 919-948

  Chen, Limin ^a,b   van Dooren, Wim ^b   Chen, Qi ^c   Verschaffel, Lieven ^b  

^a SHENYANG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chinese teachers; division with remainder; mathematics education; mathematics teacher education; problem posing; problem solving; word problems

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959734485     PISSN: 15710068     EISSN: 15731774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10763-010-9259-7     Document Type: Article

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