Impact of a content and methods course sequence on prospective secondary mathematics teachers' beliefs

Journal of Mathematics Teacher Education

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 483-504

  Conner, AnnaMarie ^a   Edenfield, Kelly W ^b   Gleason, Brian W ^a   Ersoz, Filyet Asli ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b KENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Beliefs; Mathematics; Prospective teachers; Secondary; Teacher education

Indexed keywords

EID: 81155134970     PISSN: 13864416     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10857-011-9186-8     Document Type: Article

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