Relations among three aspects of first-year college students' epistemologies of science

Journal of Research in Science Teaching

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 747-785

  Smith, Carol L ^a   Wenk, Laura ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^b HAMPSHIRE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERVIEWS; SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE; SEMESTERS;

KNOWLEDGE ENGINEERING; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; STUDENTS; TEACHING;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 33750194983     PISSN: 00224308     EISSN: 10982736     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tea.20113     Document Type: Article

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