Preservice mathematics teachers' conceptions of and approaches to learning: A phenomenographic study

Energy Education Science and Technology Part B: Social and Educational Studies

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 21-30

  Erdogan, Ahmet ^a  

^a SELCUK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Learning conceptions; Phenomenography; Preservice mathematics teachers

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861139331     PISSN: 13087711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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