Using Metaphors to Unpack Student Beliefs About Mathematics

School Science and Mathematics

Volumn 108, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 326-333

  Schinck, Amélie G ^a   Neale, Henry W ^a   Pugalee, David K ^a   Cifarelli, Victor V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

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EID: 77958525489     PISSN: 00366803     EISSN: 19498594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1949-8594.2008.tb17845.x     Document Type: Article

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