‘Excellent’ primary mathematics teachers’ espoused and enacted values of effective lessons

ZDM - Mathematics Education

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 59-69

  Lim, Chap Sam ^a   Kor, Liew Kee ^b  

^a SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Classroom practice; Effective lesson; Espoused and enacted values; Excellent expert teacher; Primary mathematics teaching

Indexed keywords

EID: 84930786913     PISSN: 18639690     EISSN: 18639704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11858-012-0390-5     Document Type: Article

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