Exploring the dimensions of personal epistemology in differing classroom contexts: Student interpretations during the first year of college

Contemporary Educational Psychology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 129-163

  Hofer, Barbara K ^a  

^a MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 1842632677     PISSN: 0361476X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cedpsych.2004.01.002     Document Type: Article

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