Teachers’ beliefs towards teaching calculus

ZDM - International Journal on Mathematics Education

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 647-659

  Eichler, Andreas ^a   Erens, Ralf ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION FREIBURG   (Germany)

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EID: 84926366201     PISSN: 18639690     EISSN: 18639704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11858-014-0606-y     Document Type: Article

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