Using Metaphors as a Tool for Examining Preservice Elementary Teachers' Beliefs About Mathematics Teaching and Learning

School Science and Mathematics

Volumn 109, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 290-297

  Reeder, Stacy ^a   Utley, Juliana ^b   Cassel, Darlinda ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b Oklahoma State University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL OKLAHOMA   (United States)

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EID: 84863164693     PISSN: 00366803     EISSN: 19498594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1949-8594.2009.tb18093.x     Document Type: Article

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