A quantitative and qualitative study of math anxiety among preservice teachers

Educational Forum

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 242-256

  Sloan, Tina Rye ^a  

^a ATHENS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Elementary education; Math anxiety; Mathematics anxiety; Mathematics education

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957905945     PISSN: 00131725     EISSN: 19388098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00131725.2010.483909     Document Type: Article

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