Guiding Teachers in the Use of a Standards-Based Mathematics Curriculum: Teacher Perceptions and Subsequent Instructional Practices After an Intensive Professional Development Program

School Science and Mathematics

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 16-28

  McGee, Jennifer R ^a   Wang, Chuang ^b   Polly, Drew ^b  

^a APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

attitudes beliefs; curriculum; evaluation; learning processes; math math education; problem solving; science science education

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893761840     PISSN: 00366803     EISSN: 19498594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1949-8594.2012.00172.x     Document Type: Article

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