Epistemic climate in elementary classrooms

Personal Epistemology in the Classroom

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 55-93

  Feucht, Florian C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

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EID: 84926954600     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511691904.003     Document Type: Chapter

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