Relationships between student scientific epistemological beliefs and perceptions of constructivist learning environments

Educational Research

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 193-205

  Tsai, Chin Chung ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Constructivism; Learning environments; Science education; Scientific epistemological beliefs

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034195374     PISSN: 00131881     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/001318800363836     Document Type: Article

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