Studying mathematics instruction through different lenses: setting the ground for understanding instructional quality more comprehensively

ZDM - Mathematics Education

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2018, Pages 355-366

  Charalambous, Charalambos Y ^a   Praetorius, Anna Katharina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Content specific dimensions; Generic dimensions; Instructional quality; Mathematics instruction; Observation; Teaching quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 85048056710     PISSN: 18639690     EISSN: 18639704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11858-018-0914-8     Document Type: Article

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