Role of epistemological understanding and interest in interpreting a controversy and topic-specific belief change

Contemporary Educational Psychology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 103-128

  Mason, Lucia ^a   Boscolo, Pietro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

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EID: 1842733466     PISSN: 0361476X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cedpsych.2004.01.001     Document Type: Article

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