Implementing mathematics teaching that promotes students’ understanding through theory-driven lesson study

ZDM - Mathematics Education

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 425-439

  Huang, Rongjin ^a   Gong, Zikun ^b   Han, Xue ^c  

^a MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HANGZHOU NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c DOMINICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Learning trajectory; Lesson study; Theory driven lesson study; Variation pedagogy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84976339953     PISSN: 18639690     EISSN: 18639704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11858-015-0743-y     Document Type: Article

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