Teacher views about constructivist instruction and personal epistemology: A national study in Taiwan

Educational Studies

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 527-542

  Yang, Fang Ying ^a   Chang, Chun Yuan ^a   Hsu, Ying Shou ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Constructivist instruction; Personal epistemology; Teacher views

Indexed keywords

EID: 57049151778     PISSN: 03055698     EISSN: 14653400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03055690802288486     Document Type: Article

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