Characterizing Mathematics Classroom Practice: Impact of Observation and Coding Choices

Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 14-26

  Ing, Marsha ^a   Webb, Noreen M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Classroom observations; Instructional quality; Mathematics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858844395     PISSN: 07311745     EISSN: 17453992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-3992.2011.00224.x     Document Type: Article

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