How a Chinese teacher improved classroom teaching in Teaching Research Group: A case study on Pythagoras theorem teaching in Shanghai

ZDM - International Journal on Mathematics Education

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 279-296

  Yang, Yudong ^a  

^a Shanghai Academy of Educational Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Case study; Mathematical lessons; Mathematical tasks; Pythagoras theorem; Teaching research activities

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867363825     PISSN: 18639690     EISSN: 18639704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11858-009-0171-y     Document Type: Article

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