Characterizing fifth grade students' epistemological beliefs in science

Personal Epistemology: The Psychology of Beliefs about Knowledge and Knowing

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 347-363

  Elder, Anastasia D ^a  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203424964     Document Type: Chapter

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