Fostering scientific understanding and epistemic beliefs through judgments of promisingness
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DOI: 10.1007/s11423-016-9467-0
Abstract: The evaluation of promisingness is central to knowledge building and knowledge creation but remains largely unexplored. As part of a design-based research program to support promisingness judgments, the present study implemented an intervention in a… read more here.
Keywords: fostering scientific; promisingness judgments; scientific understanding; epistemic beliefs ... See more keywords
Epistemic beliefs of non-STEM majors regarding the nature of science: Where they are and what we can do
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DOI: 10.1119/1.4979654
Abstract: Students enrolled in introductory astronomy at a mid-sized land grant institution were surveyed at the start and end of each semester for three years regarding their epistemic beliefs about the physical sciences. After collecting data… read more here.
Keywords: regarding nature; science; course; epistemic beliefs ... See more keywords
Epistemic Beliefs and Learners' Self-Efficacy as Predictors of Language Learning Strategies: Toward Testing a Model
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DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.867560
Abstract: Understanding the beliefs held by the learners about learning a language, and the way they utilize their thoughts about knowledge and learning seem essential for planning a constructive language program. Following this line of research,… read more here.
Keywords: learners self; language; self efficacy; model ... See more keywords