BELIEFS ABOUT MATHEMATICS AND EFFECTIVE TEACHING AMONG ELEMENTARY MATHEMATICS TEACHERS IN HONG KONG

Effective Mathematics Teaching from Teachers’ Perspectives: National and Cross-National Studies

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 235-257

  Wong, Qian Ting ^a   Wong, Ngai Ying ^a   Lam, Chi Chung ^b   Zhang, Qiao Ping ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b THE EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

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DOI: 10.1163/9789087908225_012     Document Type: Chapter

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