Combining teaching experiments and professional learning: Conflicts between research and teacher outcomes

Mathematics Education Research Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 73-92

  Lamb, Janeen ^a   Cooper, Tom ^b   Warren, Elizabeth ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

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EID: 84861603907     PISSN: 10332170     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03217463     Document Type: Article

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