Developing preschool teachers' knowledge of students' number conceptions

Journal of Mathematics Teacher Education

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 61-83

  Tsamir, Pessia ^a   Tirosh, Dina ^a   Levenson, Esther ^a   Tabach, Michal ^a   Barkai, Ruthi ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Knowledge of students; Number concepts; Preschool teachers; Professional development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893636769     PISSN: 13864416     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10857-013-9260-5     Document Type: Article

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