Toward a set of design principles for mathematics flipped classrooms: A synthesis of research in mathematics education

Educational Research Review

Volumn 22, Issue , 2017, Pages 50-73

  Lo, Chung Kwan ^a   Hew, Khe Foon ^a   Chen, Gaowei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Flipped classroom; Inverted classroom; Mathematics education; Statistics education; Teaching approach

Indexed keywords

EID: 85028315857     PISSN: 1747938X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.edurev.2017.08.002     Document Type: Review

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