Face-to-face and online professional development for mathematics teachers: A comparative study

Online Learning Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2019, Pages 71-87

  Russell, Michael ^a   Carey, Rebecca ^a   Kleiman, Glenn ^a   Venable, Joanne Douglas ^a  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Distance Learning; Elearning; Online Facilitation; Online Professional Development; Self paced Learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 85114051763     PISSN: 24725749     EISSN: 24725730     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.24059/OLJ.V13I2.1669     Document Type: Article

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