Linking students' epistemological beliefs with their metacognition in a chemistry classroom

Asia-Pacific Education Researcher

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 143-159

  Pulmones, Richard ^a  

^a St Scholastica's College   (Philippines)

Author keywords

Chemistry education; Epistemological beliefs; Metacognition

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950656267     PISSN: 01195646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3860/taper.v19i1.1514     Document Type: Article

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