Gender differences in mathematics anxiety among preservice teachers and perceptions of their elementary and secondary school experience with mathematics

Alberta Journal of Educational Research

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 24-36

  Bowd, Alan D ^a   Brady, Patrick H ^a  

^a LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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