Approaches and practices in developing school mathematics textbooks in China

ZDM - International Journal on Mathematics Education

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 733-748

  Li, Yeping ^a   Zhang, Jianyue ^b   Ma, Tingting ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b People's Education Press   (China)

Author keywords

China; Curriculum reform; Mathematics textbook; School mathematics; Textbook development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867444378     PISSN: 18639690     EISSN: 18639704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11858-009-0216-2     Document Type: Article

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