DISTRICT DEVELOPMENT AS A MEANS OF IMPROVING MATHEMATICS TEACHING AND LEARNING AT SCALE

Participants in Mathematics Teacher Education: Individuals, Teams, Communities and Networks: Volume 3

Volumn 3, Issue , 2008, Pages 231-254

  Cobb, Paul ^a   Smith, Thomas ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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