A survey of the practice of a large-scale implementation of inquiry-based mathematics teaching: From Taiwan's perspective

ZDM - International Journal on Mathematics Education

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 919-923

  Chin, Erh Tsung ^a   Lin, Fou Lai ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHANGHUA UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

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EID: 84887368656     PISSN: 18639690     EISSN: 18639704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11858-013-0546-y     Document Type: Editorial

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