Relationships between learning environment and mathematics anxiety

Learning Environments Research

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 297-313

  Taylor, Bret A ^a   Fraser, Barry J ^a,b  

^a Division of Natural Science   (Canada)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Learning environments; Mathematics anxiety; Questionnaires; Sex differences; What Is Happening In this Class? (WIHIC)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878499588     PISSN: 13871579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10984-013-9134-x     Document Type: Article

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