A comparison of Hungarian and English teachers' conceptions of Mathematics and its teaching

Educational Studies in Mathematics

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 31-64

  Andrews, Paul ^a   Hatch, Gillian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 1642439694     PISSN: 00131954     EISSN: 15730816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1017575231667     Document Type: Article

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