ICLS 2000 Proceedings

Epistemological Resources

David Hammer & Andrew Elby
Physics Department
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742
Tel: 301-405-8188 (voice); 301-314-9531 (fax)
davidham@physics.umd.edu; elby@physics.umd.edu

Abstract: Research on epistemologies has presumed a unitary ontology of "beliefs"; we propose a manifold ontology of "resources" and discuss implications for instruction.

Keywords: science education, student beliefs, pedagogy, metacognition

Preferred Citation Format:
Hammer, D., & Elby, A. (2000). Epistemological Resources. In B. Fishman & S. O'Connor-Divelbiss (Eds.), Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference of the Learning Sciences (pp. 4-5). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.

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