Graduate teaching assistants' epistemological and metacognitive development

Chemistry Education Research and Practice

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 92-100

  Sandi Urena, Santiago ^a   Cooper, Melanie M ^b   Gatlin, Todd A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemistry laboratory instruction; Cooperative learning; Epistemological development; Learning theories; Metacognitive development; Problem solving

Indexed keywords

EID: 80054105680     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11094028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c1rp90012a     Document Type: Article

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