Reflective Judgment: Theory and Research on the Development of Epistemic Assumptions Through Adulthood

Educational Psychologist

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 5-18

  King, Patricia M ^a   Kitchener, Karen Strohm ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

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EID: 1842459476     PISSN: 00461520     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15326985ep3901_2     Document Type: Article

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