Reconceptualizing Change in the Cognitive Construction of Knowledge

Educational Psychologist

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 109-128

  Dole, Janice A ^a   Sinatra, Gale M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0032391726     PISSN: 00461520     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00461520.1998.9653294     Document Type: Article

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