MKT and curriculum materials are only part of the story: Insights from a lesson on fractions

Journal of Curriculum Studies

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 537-558

  Sleep, Laurie ^a   Eskelson, Samuel L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

mathematics curriculum; mathematics instruction; teacher beliefs; teacher knowledge; teaching quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865296824     PISSN: 00220272     EISSN: 13665839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220272.2012.716977     Document Type: Article

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