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Publication Date: 2020
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Epistemic Cognition: Why It Matters for an Educated Citizenry and What Instructors Can Do
Hofer, Barbara K.
New Directions for Teaching and Learning, n164 p85-94 Win 2020
In academic learning, searching for information, and encounters with competing truth claims, individuals engage their epistemic cognition. This chapter provides an introduction to this psychological construct and discusses research about how instructional practice can promote epistemological understanding for the development of an educated citizenry.
Descriptors: Epistemology, Cognitive Processes, Information Seeking, Evaluative Thinking, Citizenship Education
Wiley. Available from: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 111 River Street, Hoboken, NJ 07030. Tel: 800-835-6770; e-mail: cs-journals@wiley.com; Web site: https://bibliotheek.ehb.be:2191/en-us
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