Investigating teachers' beliefs about the utility of epistemic practices: A pilot study of a new assessment

Instructional Science

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 499-519

  Hennessey, Maeghan N ^a   Karen Murphy, P ^b   Kulikowich, Jonna M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Elementary teachers; Epistemic beliefs; Instrument development; Teacher epistemic practices; Teacher practices

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874993178     PISSN: 00204277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11251-012-9241-6     Document Type: Article

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