An epistemic framework for scientific reasoning in informal contexts

Personal Epistemology in the Classroom

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 124-162

  Yang, Fang Ying ^a   Tsai, Chin Chung ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

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EID: 84876717889     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511691904.005     Document Type: Chapter

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