Effects of epistemological beliefs and topic-specific beliefs on undergraduates' cognitive and strategic processing of dual-positional text

Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 524-535

  Kardash, CarolAnne M ^a   Howell, Karen L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

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EID: 0034257632     PISSN: 00220663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-0663.92.3.524     Document Type: Article

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