Middle School Students’ Scientific Epistemological Beliefs, Achievements in Science and Intellectual Risk-Taking
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DOI: 10.1007/s11191-021-00217-y
Abstract: The paper reports about an empirical study investigating the relationship between scientific epistemological beliefs, intellectual risk-taking in science learning and science achievement of middle school students via path analysis. The sample was composed of 2119… read more here.
Keywords: science; epistemological beliefs; intellectual risk; scientific epistemological ... See more keywords
Can the Study of Students' Epistemological Beliefs and Epistemic Match Help Us to Explore the Disciplinary Nature of Education Studies?
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DOI: 10.1080/00131946.2017.1413369
Abstract: In the United Kingdom, education studies degree courses offer students with a range of career plans both inside and outside the formal education system, a chance to study the foundations of education. The disciplinary nature… read more here.
Keywords: disciplinary nature; nature education; education studies; education ... See more keywords
Trust in Congruent Sources, Absolutely: The Moderating Effects of Ideological and Epistemological Beliefs on the Relationship between Perceived Source Congruency and News Credibility
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DOI: 10.1080/1461670x.2021.1904273
Abstract: ABSTRACT This study explores the moderating effects that ideological and epistemological beliefs have on the relationship between perceived news source congruency and ratings of news credibility. Findings from an online experiment with a US sample… read more here.
Keywords: effects ideological; epistemological beliefs; moderating effects; source ... See more keywords
Students’ epistemological beliefs from grade level perspective and relationship with science achievement in Kenya
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DOI: 10.1080/20004508.2021.1892917
Abstract: This study investigated the influence of grade level on the development of science epistemological beliefs and the relationship between science epistemological beliefs and science achievement among... read more here.
Keywords: science; relationship science; grade level; science achievement ... See more keywords
Assessing epistemological beliefs of experts and novices via practices in authentic science inquiry
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DOI: 10.1186/s40594-018-0157-9
Abstract: BackgroundAchieving science literacy requires learning disciplinary knowledge, science practices, and development of sophisticated epistemological beliefs about the nature of science and science knowledge. Although sophisticated epistemological beliefs about science are important for attaining science literacy,… read more here.
Keywords: science; epistemological beliefs; epistemology; science inquiry ... See more keywords
Epistemological dimensions on screen: The role of television presentations in changing conceptions about the nature of knowledge and knowing
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DOI: 10.1515/commun-2017-0020
Abstract: Abstract In (in)formal learning scenarios, individuals should develop epistemological beliefs (i.e., individual conceptions about the nature of knowledge and knowing) that are advantageous for understanding everyday science- and health-related information. To date, researchers measuring how… read more here.
Keywords: knowledge knowing; knowledge; conceptions nature; television ... See more keywords
Knowledge and Learning of Interreligious and Intercultural Understanding in an Indonesian Islamic College Sample: An Epistemological Belief Approach
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DOI: 10.3390/rel11080411
Abstract: Epistemological beliefs are the basis of how someone acquires knowledge and are used as a guide for behavior in everyday life. For religious fundamentalists, however, their belief in religious knowledge is very strong, causing them… read more here.
Keywords: belief; knowledge learning; knowledge; religious fundamentalism ... See more keywords