Facilitating parental engagement in school mathematics and science through inquiry-based learning: An examination of teachers' and parents' beliefs

ZDM - International Journal on Mathematics Education

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 863-874

  Mousoulides, Nicholas G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NICOSIA   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

Model eliciting activities; Modeling; Parental engagement; Parents' beliefs; Teachers' beliefs

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887380302     PISSN: 18639690     EISSN: 18639704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11858-013-0524-4     Document Type: Article

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