Are beliefs believable? An investigation of college students' epistemological beliefs and behavior in mathematics

Journal of Mathematical Behavior

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 86-98

  Liu, Po Hung ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHIN YI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Calculus; Epistemological belief; Metacognition; Problem solving behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953914194     PISSN: 07323123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmathb.2010.05.001     Document Type: Article

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