A focus on exploratory tasks in lesson study: The Canadian ‘Math for Young Children’ project

ZDM - Mathematics Education

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 541-554

  Bruce, Catherine D ^a   Flynn, Tara C ^a   Bennett, Sarah ^a  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Lesson study; Mathematics; Young children

Indexed keywords

EID: 84976416935     PISSN: 18639690     EISSN: 18639704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11858-015-0747-7     Document Type: Article

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