Motivation and beliefs about the nature of scientific knowledge within an immersive virtual ecosystems environment

Contemporary Educational Psychology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 112-123

  Chen, Jason A ^a   Metcalf, Shari J ^b   Tutwiler, M Shane ^b  

^a The College of William and Mary   (United States)

^b HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Epistemic beliefs; Implicit theories; Science education; Science identity; Self efficacy; Technology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897876736     PISSN: 0361476X     EISSN: 10902384     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cedpsych.2014.02.004     Document Type: Article

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