Facilitating growth in prospective teachers' knowledge: Teaching geometry in primary schools

Journal of Mathematics Teacher Education

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 227-249

  Nason, Rod ^a   Chalmers, Chris ^a   Yeh, Andy ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Computer supported collaborative learning; Mathematics education; Pedagogical content knowledge; Teacher education

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861221952     PISSN: 13864416     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10857-012-9209-0     Document Type: Article

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