Personal epistemology, understanding of multiple texts, and learning within internet technologies

Knowing, Knowledge and Beliefs: Epistemological Studies across Diverse Cultures

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 351-376

  Bråten, Ivar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-6596-5_17     Document Type: Chapter

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