Changes in epistemological beliefs in elementary science students

Contemporary Educational Psychology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 186-204

  Conley, AnneMarie M ^a   Pintrich, Paul R ^a   Vekiri, Ioanna ^a   Harrison, Delena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive development; Elementary school students; Epistemological belief; Ethnicity differences; Gender differences; Science epistemology

Indexed keywords

EID: 1842632682     PISSN: 0361476X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cedpsych.2004.01.004     Document Type: Article

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