The curious case of climate change: Testing a theoretical model of epistemic beliefs, epistemic emotions, and complex learning

Learning and Instruction

Volumn 39, Issue , 2015, Pages 168-183

  Muis, Krista R ^a   Pekrun, Reinhard ^b   Sinatra, Gale M ^c   Azevedo, Roger ^d   Trevors, Gregory ^a   Meier, Elisabeth ^b   Heddy, Benjamin C ^e  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive incongruity; Epistemic beliefs; Epistemic emotions; Learning outcomes; Learning strategies

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937033526     PISSN: 09594752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.learninstruc.2015.06.003     Document Type: Article

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