Relational analysis of college science-major students' epistemological

International Journal of Science Education

Volumn 32, Issue 17, 2010, Pages 2273-2289

  Liang, Jyh Chong ^a   Tsai, Chin Chung ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Conceptions of learning; Education; Epistemological beliefs; Quantitative research; Science; University

Indexed keywords

EID: 78149249748     PISSN: 09500693     EISSN: 14645289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09500690903397796     Document Type: Article

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