Views of prospective early childhood education teachers, towards mathematics and its instruction

European Journal of Teacher Education

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 305-318

  Zacharos, Konstantinos ^a   Koliopoulos, Dimitris ^a   Dokimaki, Maria ^a   Kassoumi, Helen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

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EID: 34547540366     PISSN: 02619768     EISSN: 14695928     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02619760701486134     Document Type: Review

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