A Longitudinal Study of Elementary Pre-service Teachers' Mathematics Beliefs and Content Knowledge

School Science and Mathematics

Volumn 107, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 325-335

  Swars, Susan ^a   Hart, Lynn C ^a   Smith, Stephanie Z ^a   Smith, Marvin E ^b   Tolar, Tammy ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84874976695     PISSN: 00366803     EISSN: 19498594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1949-8594.2007.tb17797.x     Document Type: Article

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