Teachers' beliefs that matter in secondary mathematics classrooms

Educational Studies in Mathematics

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 95-120

  Beswick, Kim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Classroom environment; Constructivism; Secondary mathematics teachers; Teachers' beliefs; Teaching practice

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846805997     PISSN: 00131954     EISSN: 15730816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10649-006-9035-3     Document Type: Review

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