Tell me why! Content knowledge predicts process-orientation of math researchers’ and math teachers’ explanations

Instructional Science

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 221-242

  Lachner, Andreas ^a   Nückles, Matthias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Instructional explanations; Mathematics; Student achievement; Teacher expertise

Indexed keywords

EID: 84951990646     PISSN: 00204277     EISSN: 15731952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11251-015-9365-6     Document Type: Article

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