Saying versus doing: Teachers' conceptions of creativity in elementary mathematics teaching

ZDM - International Journal on Mathematics Education

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 295-308

  Lev Zamir, Hana ^a,b   Leikin, Roza ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b School for Gifted and Excellent Students   (Israel)

Author keywords

Conceptions in action; Creativity in mathematics teaching (CIMT); Declarative conceptions; Student directed conceptions; Teacher directed conceptions; Teachers' conceptions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892876135     PISSN: 18639690     EISSN: 18639704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11858-012-0464-4     Document Type: Article

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