Who knows what and who can we believe? Epistemological beliefs are beliefs about knowledge (mostly) to be attained from others

Personal Epistemology in the Classroom

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 163-194

  Bromme, Rainer ^a   Kienhues, Dorothe ^a   Porsch, Torsten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

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EID: 77953237324     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511691904.006     Document Type: Chapter

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