Undergraduates' Attitudes and Beliefs about Subject Matter and Pedagogy Measured Periodically in a Reform-Based Mathematics and Science Teacher Preparation Program

Journal of Research in Science Teaching

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 713-737

  McGinnis, J Randy ^a   Kramer, Steve ^a   Shama, Gilli ^a   Graeber, Anna O ^a   Parker, Carolyn A ^a   Watanabe, Ted ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b TOWSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0036795923     PISSN: 00224308     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tea.10042     Document Type: Article

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