Instructional strategies and dispositions of teachers who help African American students gain conceptual understanding

Mathematics Teaching Learning and Liberation in the Lives of Black Children

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 88-122

  Malloy, Carol E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203877708     Document Type: Chapter

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