Identifying maths anxiety in student nurses and focusing remedial work

Journal of Further and Higher Education

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 71-81

  Bull, Heather ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

diagnostic maths testing; maths anxiety; nurses

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862803762     PISSN: 0309877X     EISSN: 14699486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03098770802638689     Document Type: Article

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