Issues of methods and theory in the study of mathematics teachers' professed and attributed beliefs

Educational Studies in Mathematics

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 361-391

  Speer, Natasha M ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Mathematics teacher cognition; Research methods; Teacher beliefs; Teacher practices

Indexed keywords

EID: 21844443352     PISSN: 00131954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10649-005-2745-0     Document Type: Article

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