Subject-specific characteristics of instructional quality in mathematics education

ZDM - Mathematics Education

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2018, Pages 475-490

  Schlesinger, Lena ^a   Jentsch, Armin ^a   Kaiser, Gabriele ^a,b   König, Johannes ^c   Blömeke, Sigrid ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

High inference ratings; Instructional quality; Mathematics education; Standardized classroom observations; Subject specific aspects

Indexed keywords

EID: 85048056576     PISSN: 18639690     EISSN: 18639704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11858-018-0917-5     Document Type: Article

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