Looking at practice: revealing the knowledge demands of teaching data handling in the primary classroom

Mathematics Education Research Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 283-309

  Leavy, Aisling ^a  

^a Children s Research Network   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Elementary mathematics; Lesson study; Pedagogical knowledge; Teacher education; Teacher knowledge; Teaching data and statistics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84938878074     PISSN: 10332170     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13394-014-0138-3     Document Type: Article

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