Development of a shortened form of the fennema-sherman mathematics attitudes scales

Educational and Psychological Measurement

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 295-306

  Mulhern, Fiona ^a   Rae, Gordon ^a  

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EID: 0032397738     PISSN: 00131644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013164498058002012     Document Type: Article

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