Collaborative lesson research: maximizing the impact of lesson study

ZDM - Mathematics Education

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 513-526

  Takahashi, Akihiko ^a   McDougal, Thomas ^b  

^a DEPAUL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Lesson Study Alliance   (United States)

Author keywords

Common Core State Standards; Curriculum implementation; Lesson study; Mathematics teaching

Indexed keywords

EID: 84976444899     PISSN: 18639690     EISSN: 18639704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11858-015-0752-x     Document Type: Article

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