Epistemological Beliefs' Contributions to Study Strategies of Asian Americans and European Americans

Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 920-929

  Schommer Aikins, Marlene ^a   Easter, Marilyn ^b  

^a WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian American; cultural differences; epistemological beliefs; reading comprehension; study strategies

Indexed keywords

EID: 56349171617     PISSN: 00220663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-0663.100.4.920     Document Type: Article

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