Math Autobiographies: A Window into Teachers' Identities as Mathematics Learners

School Science and Mathematics

Volumn 113, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 380-389

  McCulloch, Allison W ^a   Marshall, Patricia L ^a   DeCuir Gunby, Jessica T ^a   Caldwell, Ticola S ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 85135480102     PISSN: 00366803     EISSN: 19498594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ssm.12041     Document Type: Article

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