Development and validation of the Epistemic Belief Inventory (EBI)

Personal Epistemology: The Psychology of Beliefs about Knowledge and Knowing

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 261-275

  Schraw, Gregory ^a   Bendixen, Lisa D ^b   Dunkle, Michael E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^c Gallup Inc   (United States)

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EID: 84917434545     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203424964     Document Type: Chapter

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