Beliefs about Learning in Children's Understanding of Science Texts

Contemporary Educational Psychology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 192-210

  Chan, Carol K K ^a   Sachs, John ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Epistemological beliefs; Knowledge construction; Metacognition; Text processing

Indexed keywords

EID: 0345684067     PISSN: 0361476X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/ceps.1999.1045     Document Type: Article

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