Mathematics Anxiety and Preservice Elementary Teachers' Confidence to Teach Mathematics and Science

School Science and Mathematics

Volumn 106, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 173-180

  Bursal, Murat ^a   Paznokas, Lynda ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b Washington State University   (United States)

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EID: 34548821847     PISSN: 00366803     EISSN: 19498594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1949-8594.2006.tb18073.x     Document Type: Article

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