The Balance of Teacher Knowledge: Mathematics and Pedagogy

New ICMI Study Series

Volumn 11, Issue , 2009, Pages 211-225

  Neubrand, Michael ^a   Seago, Nanette ^b   Agudelo Valderrama, C ^c   DeBlois, L ^c   Leikin, R ^c   Wood, Terry ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^b WestEd   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Content Knowledge; Mathematical Knowledge; Mathematics Teacher; Pedagogical Content Knowledge; Professional Development

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959745414     PISSN: 13876872     EISSN: 22151745     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-09601-8_21     Document Type: Chapter

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