A 'task-centric approach' to professional development: Enhancing and sustaining mathematics teachers' ability to implement cognitively challenging mathematical tasks

ZDM - International Journal on Mathematics Education

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 965-977

  Boston, Melissa D ^a   Smith, Margaret S ^b  

^a DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

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EID: 84867472108     PISSN: 18639690     EISSN: 18639704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11858-011-0353-2     Document Type: Article

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