Assessment of teacher knowledge across countries: A review of the state of research

ZDM - Mathematics Education

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 223-247

  Blömeke, Sigrid ^a   Delaney, Seán ^b  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Marino Institute of Education   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Comparative study; Large scale assessment; Mathematics content knowledge (MCK); Mathematics pedagogical content knowledge (MPCK); Mathematics teacher education

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884519485     PISSN: 18639690     EISSN: 18639704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11858-012-0429-7     Document Type: Article

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