Learning mathematics for teaching: Results from California's mathematics professional development institutes

Journal for Research in Mathematics Education

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 330-351

  Hill, Heather C ^a   Ball, Deborah Loewenberg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Elementary, K 8; Evaluation; Policy issues; Professional development; Teacher knowledge

Indexed keywords

EID: 8644231607     PISSN: 00218251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/30034819     Document Type: Article

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