Searching for evidence of curricular effect on the teaching and learning of mathematics: Lessons learned from the two projects

International Journal of Educational Research

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 137-143

  Ni, Yujing ^a   Cai, Jinfa ^b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Education reform; Longitudinal studies; Mathematics education

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052358460     PISSN: 08830355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijer.2011.06.007     Document Type: Article

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