The pre-service teachers' mathematics anxiety related to depth of negative experiences in mathematics classroom while they were students

Educational Studies in Mathematics

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 311-328

  Bekdemir, Mehmet ^a  

^a ERZINCAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Mathematics anxiety; Pre service teachers; Worst experiences and most troublesome mathematics classroom experience

Indexed keywords

EID: 78149496821     PISSN: 00131954     EISSN: 15730816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10649-010-9260-7     Document Type: Article

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