Characterizing expert teaching in school mathematics in China - A prototype of expertise in teaching mathematics

Expertise in Mathematics Instruction: An International Perspective

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 167-195

  Li, Yeping ^a   Huang, Rongjin ^a   Yang, Yudong ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Shanghai Academy of System Science   (China)

Author keywords

Chinese teacher; Expert teacher; Lesson instruction; Prototype; Teacher thinking; Teachers' expertise

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867456495     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-7707-6_9     Document Type: Chapter

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