Expanding the dimensions of epistemic cognition: Arguments from philosophy and psychology

Educational Psychologist

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 141-167

  Chinn, Clark A ^a   Buckland, Luke A ^a   Samarapungavan, Ala ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 79960816296     PISSN: 00461520     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00461520.2011.587722     Document Type: Article

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