Changing preservice teachers' epistemological beliefs about teaching and learning in mathematics: An intervention study

Contemporary Educational Psychology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 164-185

  Gill, Michele Gregoire ^a   Ashton, Patricia T ^b   Algina, James ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Augmented activation; Conceptual change; Epistemological beliefs; Mathematics; Refutational text; Systematic processing

Indexed keywords

EID: 1842683276     PISSN: 0361476X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cedpsych.2004.01.003     Document Type: Article

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