The Instructional Quality Assessment as a tool for reflecting on instructional practice

ZDM - Mathematics Education

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2018, Pages 427-444

  Boston, Melissa D ^a   Candela, Amber G ^b  

^a DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Classroom observation; Cognitive demand; Instructional quality; Professional development; Teacher reflection

Indexed keywords

EID: 85048041624     PISSN: 18639690     EISSN: 18639704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11858-018-0916-6     Document Type: Article

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