Personal epistemology in the classroom: What does research and theory tell US and where do we need to go next?

Personal Epistemology in the Classroom

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 555-586

  Bendixen, Lisa D ^a   Feucht, Florian C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

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EID: 84891081172     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511691904.017     Document Type: Chapter

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