Knowledge of future primary teachers for teaching mathematics: An international comparative study

ZDM - Mathematics Education

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 307-324

  Senk, Sharon L ^a   Tatto, Maria Teresa ^a   Reckase, Mark ^a   Rowley, Glenn ^b   Peck, Ray ^b   Bankov, Kiril ^c  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Australian Council for Educational Research   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Comparative education; Content knowledge; International; Mathematics; Pedagogical content knowledge; Primary teacher education

Indexed keywords

EID: 84930587223     PISSN: 18639690     EISSN: 18639704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11858-012-0400-7     Document Type: Article

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