Beliefs and Attitudes Toward Mathematics Among Third- and Fifth-Grade Students: A Descriptive Study

School Science and Mathematics

Volumn 97, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 345-351

  Vanayan, Marina ^a   White, Nicholas ^a   Yuen, Patricia ^a   Teper, Marla ^a  

^a Metropolitan Separate School Board   (Canada)

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EID: 0000106830     PISSN: 00366803     EISSN: 19498594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1949-8594.1997.tb17375.x     Document Type: Article

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