Identity research in mathematics education

Educational Studies in Mathematics

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 19-33

  Darragh, Lisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Identity; Literature review; Mathematics education; Performative

Indexed keywords

EID: 84961832135     PISSN: 00131954     EISSN: 15730816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10649-016-9696-5     Document Type: Review

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