Two negatives don't always make a positive: Exploring how limitations in teacher knowledge and the curriculum contribute to instructional quality

Journal of Curriculum Studies

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 489-513

  Charalambous, Charalambos Y ^a   Hill, Heather C ^b   Mitchell, Rebecca N ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

^b HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION   (United States)

^c BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

curriculum materials; integers; mathematics; teacher knowledge; teaching quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865297387     PISSN: 00220272     EISSN: 13665839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220272.2012.716974     Document Type: Article

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