Beliefs about knowledge, knowing, and learning: Differences across knowledge types in physics

Journal of Experimental Education

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 408-430

  Muis, Krista R ^a   Gierus, Bogusia ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Epistemic beliefs; Gender differences; Knowledge types; Learning beliefs; Physics learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84903301814     PISSN: 00220973     EISSN: 19400683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220973.2013.813371     Document Type: Article

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