Mathematics teachers' knowledge and practices

Handbook of Research on the Psychology of Mathematics Education: Past, Present and Future

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 461-494

  Da Ponte, João Pedro ^a   Chapman, Olive ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

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