Assessing the multidimensionality of students' epistemic beliefs across diverse cultures

Knowing, Knowledge and Beliefs: Epistemological Studies across Diverse Cultures

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 65-112

  Buehl, Michelle M ^a  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84892015279     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-6596-5_4     Document Type: Chapter

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