Assessing teachers' epistemological and ontological worldviews

Knowing, Knowledge and Beliefs: Epistemological Studies across Diverse Cultures

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 25-44

  Schraw, Gregory J ^a   Olafson, Lori J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-6596-5_2     Document Type: Chapter

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