TEAMS OF PROSPECTIVE MATHEMATICS TEACHERS: Multiple Problems and Multiple Solutions

Participants in Mathematics Teacher Education: Individuals, Teams, Communities and Networks: Volume 3

Volumn 3, Issue , 2008, Pages 63-88

  Leikin, Roza ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

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