The reflexive relation between students’ mathematics-related beliefs and the mathematics classroom culture

Personal Epistemology in the Classroom

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 292-327

  De Corte, Erik ^a   Eynde, Peter Op’t ^a   Depaepe, Fien ^a   Verschaffel, Lieven ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

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EID: 84920883369     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511691904.010     Document Type: Chapter

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