Revitalising mathematics classroom teaching through Lesson Study (LS): a Malaysian case study

ZDM - Mathematics Education

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 485-499

  Lim, Chap Sam ^a   Kor, Liew Kee ^b   Chia, Hui Min ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Case study; Classroom practice; Lesson Study; Malaysian education; Primary mathematics teaching

Indexed keywords

EID: 84976433880     PISSN: 18639690     EISSN: 18639704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11858-016-0779-7     Document Type: Article

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