Modeling change in student attitude toward and beliefs about mathematics

Journal of Educational Research

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 52-63

  Wilkins, Jesse L M ^a   Ma, Xin ^b  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Change in student attitude and beliefs; High school; Mathematics; Middle school

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346897843     PISSN: 00220671     EISSN: 19400675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220670309596628     Document Type: Article

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