Teacher knowledge, curriculum materials, and quality of instruction: Lessons learned and open issues

Journal of Curriculum Studies

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 559-576

  Hill, Heather C ^a   Charalambous, Charalambos Y ^b  

^a HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

curriculum materials; mathematics; teacher knowledge; teaching quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865280097     PISSN: 00220272     EISSN: 13665839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220272.2012.716978     Document Type: Article

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