Mathematical micro-identities: Moment-to-moment positioning and learning in a fourth-grade classroom

Journal for Research in Mathematics Education

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 775-808

  Wood, Marcy B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Classroom interactions; Discourse; Identity; Learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887924439     PISSN: 00218251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5951/jresematheduc.44.5.0775     Document Type: Article

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