Adapting Japanese Lesson Study to enhance the teaching and learning of geometry and spatial reasoning in early years classrooms: a case study

ZDM Mathematics Education

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 377-390

  Moss, Joan ^a   Hawes, Zachary ^a   Naqvi, Sarah ^a   Caswell, Beverly ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Early years mathematics; Geometry; Lesson study; Spatial reasoning; Teacher professional development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939652914     PISSN: 18639690     EISSN: 18639704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11858-015-0679-2     Document Type: Article

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