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Video clubs focus teacher discussion on student learning.
By Elizabeth A .van Es
February 2010
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Sherin, M.G., Linsenmeier, K.A., & van Es, E.A. (2009, May/June). Selecting video clips to promote mathematics teachers’ discussion of student thinking. Journal of Teacher Education, 60(3), 213- 230.
van Es, E.A. & Sherin, M.G. (2008, February). Mathematics teachers’ “learning to notice” in the context of a video club. Teaching and Teacher Education, 24(2), 244-276.
van Es, E.A. & Sherin, M.G. (in press). The
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Elizabeth A. van Es (evanes@uci.edu) is assistant professor in the department of education at the University of California, Irvine.
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