Effects of epistemological sensitization on source choices

Instructional Science

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 805-819

  Porsch, Torsten ^a   Bromme, Rainer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Division of cognitive labor; Epistemological beliefs; Information sources; Learning context; Source evaluation

Indexed keywords

EID: 80054017398     PISSN: 00204277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11251-010-9155-0     Document Type: Article

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