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ERIC Number: EJ605639
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1999
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ISSN: ISSN-1442-3901
Scaffolds for Learning: A Sociocultural Approach to Reforming Mathematics Teaching and Teacher Education.
Goos, Merrilyn
Mathematics Teacher Education and Development, v1 p4-21 1999
Argues that research efforts need to be invested in preservice teacher education if genuine and lasting reform of mathematics teaching is to be achieved. Draws parallels between two separate studies, which applied sociocultural theories of learning to explore the nature of expert scaffolding in structuring learners' thinking. (Contains 30 references.) (Author/ASK)
Descriptors: Educational Change, Mathematics Education, Preservice Teacher Education, Secondary Education, Teaching Methods, Thinking Skills
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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