Correlations between kindergarten teachers' attitudes toward mathematics and teaching practice

Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 173-184

  Lee, Joohi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes toward mathematics; Developmentally appropriate mathematics; Teaching mathematics

Indexed keywords

EID: 23944522834     PISSN: 10901027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jecte.2004.07.001     Document Type: Article

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