Teachers' Epistemic Cognition in Classroom Assessment

Educational Psychologist

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 270-283

  Fives, Helenrose ^a   Barnes, Nicole ^a   Buehl, Michelle M ^b   Mascadri, Julia ^c   Ziegler, Nathan ^d  

^a MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^d SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 85019746439     PISSN: 00461520     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00461520.2017.1323218     Document Type: Article

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