Primary teachers' epistemological beliefs: Some perceived barriers to investigative teaching in primary mathematics

Educational Studies

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 419-432

  Bolden, David S ^a   Newton, Lynn D ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Barriers to effective teaching; Epistemological beliefs; Investigative approach; Mathematics; Primary mathematics; Teacher epistemologies

Indexed keywords

EID: 57049160899     PISSN: 03055698     EISSN: 14653400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03055690802287595     Document Type: Article

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