Epistemic Beliefs, Online Search Strategies, and Behavioral Patterns While Exploring Socioscientific Issues

Journal of Science Education and Technology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 471-480

  Hsu, Chung Yuan ^a   Tsai, Meng Jung ^b   Hou, Huei Tse ^b   Tsai, Chin Chung ^b  

^a NATIONAL PINGTUNG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Epistemic belief; Online search; Searching behaviors; Searching strategy; Sequential analysis; Socioscientific issues

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899484936     PISSN: 10590145     EISSN: 15731839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10956-013-9477-1     Document Type: Article

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