Epistemic beliefs and critical thinking of Chinese students

Learning and Individual Differences

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 67-77

  Chan, Ngai Man ^a   Ho, Irene T ^a   Ku, Kelly Y L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Chinese student; Critical thinking; Epistemic belief; Epistemology; Individual difference

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650514360     PISSN: 10416080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lindif.2010.11.001     Document Type: Article

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