Impact of curriculum reform: Evidence of change in classroom practice in mainland China

International Journal of Educational Research

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 71-86

  Li, Qiong ^a   Ni, Yujing ^b  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Classroom discourse; Classroom observation; Curriculum evaluation; Curriculum reform; Instructional tasks; Primary mathematics

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052381879     PISSN: 08830355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijer.2011.06.003     Document Type: Article

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