Infrastructure redesign and instructional reform in mathematics: Formal structure and teacher leadership

Elementary School Journal

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 200-224

  Hopkins, Megan ^a   Spillane, James P ^b   Jakopovic, Paula ^c   Heaton, Ruth M ^c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

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EID: 84898464174     PISSN: 00135984     EISSN: 15548279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/671935     Document Type: Article

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