Development and Validation of an Instrument for Assessing Mathematics Classroom Environment in Tertiary Institutions

Asia-Pacific Education Researcher

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 655-669

  Yin, Hongbiao ^a   Lu, Genshu ^b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Approach to learning; Classroom environment; Mathematics education; Scale development and validation; Tertiary institutions in China

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905676072     PISSN: 01195646     EISSN: 22437908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40299-013-0138-1     Document Type: Article

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