Developing visions of high-quality mathematics instruction

Journal for Research in Mathematics Education

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 584-635

  Munter, Charles ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

High quality mathematics instruction; Instructional vision; Teacher learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84915760084     PISSN: 00218251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5951/jresematheduc.45.5.0584     Document Type: Article

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