A cross-cultural study of the connection between students' attitudes toward statistics and the use of constructivist strategies in the course

Journal of Statistics Education

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2003, Pages

  Mvududu, Nyaradzo ^a  

^a SEATTLE PACIFIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Attitude Toward Statistics scale; Constructivist Learning Environment Survey; Non cognitive factors

Indexed keywords

EID: 2942711472     PISSN: 10691898     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10691898.2003.11910726     Document Type: Review

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