Assessing Preservice Teachers' Beliefs about the Teaching and Learning of Mathematics and Science

School Science and Mathematics

Volumn 112, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 433-442

  Hudson, Rick Alan ^a   Kloosterman, Peter ^b   Galindo, Enrique ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN INDIANA   (United States)

^b Indiana University   (United States)

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EID: 84899418238     PISSN: 00366803     EISSN: 19498594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1949-8594.2012.00162.x     Document Type: Article

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