Student views of computer-based mathematics in the middle years: Does gender make a difference?

Educational Studies in Mathematics

Volumn 56, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 287-312

  Vale, Colleen M ^a   Leder, Gilah C ^b  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

affect; attitudes; computer based mathematics; gender; junior secondary; middle years of schooling; technology

Indexed keywords

EID: 4544272526     PISSN: 00131954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:EDUC.0000040411.94890.56     Document Type: Article

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