Prospective teacher learning: Recognizing evidence of conceptual understanding

Journal of Mathematics Teacher Education

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 57-79

  Bartell, Tonya Gau ^a   Webel, Corey ^b   Bowen, Brian ^c   Dyson, Nancy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WEST CHESTER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conceptual understanding; Elementary teacher education; Knowledge for mathematics teaching

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872647316     PISSN: 13864416     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10857-012-9205-4     Document Type: Article

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