Mathematics teachers' beliefs and teaching practices

Journal of Mathematics and Statistics

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 191-194

  Zakaria, Effandi ^a   Maat, Siti Mistima ^b  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITI KUALA LUMPUR   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Beliefs; Learning mathematics; Mathematics beliefs questionnaire (MBQ); Teachers; Teaching mathematics; Teaching practices

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864855759     PISSN: 15493644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3844/jmssp.2012.191.194     Document Type: Article

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