Changes in Preservice Teachers' Attitudes and Beliefs: The Net Impact of Two Mathematics Education Units and Intervening Experiences

School Science and Mathematics

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 36-47

  Beswick, Kim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

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EID: 41149090215     PISSN: 00366803     EISSN: 19498594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1949-8594.2006.tb18069.x     Document Type: Article

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