Not belonging? What makes a functional learner identity in undergraduate mathematics?

Studies in Higher Education

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 79-96

  Solomon, Yvette ^a,b  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33845770296     PISSN: 03075079     EISSN: 1470174X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03075070601099473     Document Type: Review

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