Preservice Early Childhood Teachers' Sense of Efficacy for Integrating Mathematics and Science: Impact of a Methods Course

Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 349-364

  Saçkes, Mesut ^a   Flevares, Lucia M ^b   Gonya, Jennifer ^b   Trundle, Kathy Cabe ^b  

^a BALIKESIR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84869786046     PISSN: 10901027     EISSN: 17455642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10901027.2012.732666     Document Type: Article

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