The role of teacher epistemic cognition, epistemic beliefs, and calibration in instruction

Educational Psychology Review

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 445-461

  Maggioni, Liliana ^a   Parkinson, Meghan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Calibration; Epistemic beliefs; Epistemic cognition; Instruction; Teachers

Indexed keywords

EID: 55649123910     PISSN: 1040726X     EISSN: 1573336X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10648-008-9081-8     Document Type: Article

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