Changing epistemological beliefs: The unexpected impact of a short-term intervention

British Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 545-565

  Kienhues, Dorothe ^a   Bromme, Rainer ^a   Stahl, Elmar ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; LEARNING; MALE; SOCIAL CHANGE; TEACHING;

CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; LEARNING; MALE; SOCIAL CHANGE; TEACHING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 57049087630     PISSN: 00070998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/000709907X268589     Document Type: Article

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