Role of anomalous data and epistemological beliefs in middle school students' theory change about two controversial topics

European Journal of Psychology of Education

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 329-346

  Mason, Lucia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anomalous data; Conceptual change; Epistemological beliefs; Theory change

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034346323     PISSN: 02562928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03173183     Document Type: Article

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