Student views concerning evidence and the expert in reasoning a socio-scientific issue and personal epistemology

Educational Studies

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 65-84

  Yang, Fang Ying ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Informal thinking; Nature of science; Personal epistemology; Socio scientific issue

Indexed keywords

EID: 11844306578     PISSN: 03055698     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0305569042000310976     Document Type: Review

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