Students' conceptions of knowledge, information, and truth

Learning and Instruction

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-15

  Alexander, Patricia A ^a   Winters, Fielding I ^a   Loughlin, Sandra M ^a   Grossnickle, Emily M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Epistemology; Information; Knowledge; Truth

Indexed keywords

EID: 82455162435     PISSN: 09594752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.learninstruc.2011.05.004     Document Type: Article

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