Teachers' conceptions of mathematics and students' achievement: A cross-cultural study based on results from TIMSS

Studies in Educational Evaluation

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 379-398

  Philippou, George N ^a   Christou, Constantinos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

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EID: 0033478766     PISSN: 0191491X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-491X(99)00036-X     Document Type: Article

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