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We report on our investigation of the applications of the TR/NYCity model of mathematics teaching-research approach to teaching and learning in Tamil Nadu, India. The TR/NYCity methodology and the design experiment were presented during epiSTEMe-1 (Czarnocha & Prabhu, 2004).
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Prabhu, V., Czarnocha, B. (2016). Professional Development of Teacherresearchers (Pdtr) in Tamil Nadu, India. In: Czarnocha, B., Baker, W., Dias, O., Prabhu, V. (eds) The Creative Enterprise of Mathematics Teaching Research. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-549-4_36
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