Assessing Prospective Elementary School Teachers' Beliefs About Mathematics and Mathematics Learning: Rationale and Development of a Constructed-Response-Format Beliefs Survey

School Science and Mathematics

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 56-69

  Ambrose, Rebecca ^a   Clement, Lisa ^b   Philipp, Randolph ^b   Chauvot, Jennifer ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 36248943991     PISSN: 00366803     EISSN: 19498594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1949-8594.2004.tb17983.x     Document Type: Article

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