Epistemological resources and framing: A cognitive framework for helping teachers interpret and respond to their students’ epistemologies

Personal Epistemology in the Classroom

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 409-434

  Elby, Andrew ^a   Hammer, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

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EID: 84927028699     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511691904.013     Document Type: Chapter

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