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Educational Psychologist Volume 55, 2020 - Issue 3: Educational Responses to a “Post-Truth” World: Diverse Approaches to Improving Thinking About Scientific Issues
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A review of educational responses to the “post-truth” condition: Four lenses on “post-truth” problems

Sarit BarzilaiFaculty of Education, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel; Correspondence[email protected]
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Clark A. ChinnGraduate School of Education, Rutgers University, New Brunswick
Pages 107-119 | Published online: 06 Aug 2020

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