Investigation of junior secondary students' perceptions of mathematics classroom learning environments in china

Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 273-284

  Yang, Xinrong ^a  

^a SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Junior secondary school student; Mathematics classroom learning environments; Mathematics education in China

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890576900     PISSN: 13058215     EISSN: 13058223     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12973/eurasia.2013.935a     Document Type: Article

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