What would Dewey say? Channeling Dewey on the issue of specificity of epistemic beliefs: A response to Muis, Bendixen, and Haerle (2006)

Educational Psychology Review

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 55-65

  Alexander, Patricia A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Beliefs; Epistemology; Knowledge

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748031436     PISSN: 1040726X     EISSN: 1573336X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10648-006-9002-7     Document Type: Article

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