Do students' beliefs about knowledge and knowing predict their judgement of texts' trustworthiness?

Educational Psychology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 177-206

  Strømsøa, Helge Ivar ^a   Bråtena, Ivar ^a   Britt, M Anne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Belief; Comprehension; Reading; Science literacy; Source evaluation

Indexed keywords

EID: 79551472182     PISSN: 01443410     EISSN: 14695820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01443410.2010.538039     Document Type: Article

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