Epistemic climate and epistemic change: Instruction designed to change students' beliefs and learning strategies and improve achievement

Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 213-225

  Muis, Krista R ^a   Duffy, Melissa C ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Epistemic beliefs; Epistemic change; Instructional intervention; Learning strategies; Motivation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880975210     PISSN: 00220663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0029690     Document Type: Article

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