Supporting development of the epistemology of inquiry

Cognitive Development

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 512-529

  Lehrer, Richard ^a   Schauble, Leona ^a   Lucas, Deborah ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Epistemology; Modeling; Scientific reasoning

Indexed keywords

EID: 57149138315     PISSN: 08852014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cogdev.2008.09.001     Document Type: Article

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