When law students read multiple documents about global warming: Examining the role of topic-specific beliefs about the nature of knowledge and knowing

Instructional Science

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 635-657

  Bråten, Ivar ^a   Strømsø, Helge I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Epistemic beliefs; Law students; Multiple documents literacy; Text comprehension

Indexed keywords

EID: 77958480483     PISSN: 00204277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11251-008-9091-4     Document Type: Article

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