Beyond evidence-based belief formation: How normative ideas have constrained conceptual change research

Frontline Learning Research

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 70-85

  Ohlsson, Stellan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Belief formation; Belief revision; Cognitive utility; Conceptual change; Descriptive vs. normative inquiry; Pragmatism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84954387252     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22953159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14786/flr.v1i2.58     Document Type: Article

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