Intrinsic Motivation and Sophisticated Epistemic Beliefs Are Promising Pathways to Science Achievement: Evidence From High Achieving Regions in the East and the West [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2021 Research on self-determination theory emphasizes the importance of the internalization of motivation as a crucial factor for determining the quality of motivation. Hence, intrinsic motivation is deemed as an important predictor of learning.
Ching Sing Chai +3 more
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Post-truth epistemic beliefs rooted in the Dark Factor of Personality are associated with higher COVID-19 vaccination refusal [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2023 A substantial number of people refused to get vaccinated against COVID-19, which prompts the question as to why. We focus on the role of individual worldviews about the nature and generation of knowledge (epistemic beliefs).
Jan Philipp Rudloff +2 more
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An exploratory study of topic-specific variation in epistemic beliefs among psychology students [PDF]
Frontiers in PsychologyBackgroundHow individuals conceive knowledge and knowing plays a crucial role in psychology education. While often examined at the domain level, the Theory of Integrated Domains in Epistemology (TIDE) suggests that epistemic beliefs may also vary at the ...
Lynn Adam, Machteld Vandecandelaere
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Pre-service teachers' perceived value of general pedagogical knowledge for practice: Relations with epistemic beliefs and source beliefs. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2017 Pre-service teachers tend to devalue general pedagogical knowledge (GPK) as a valid source for deriving successful teaching practices. The present study investigated beliefs about knowledge sources and epistemic beliefs as predictors for students ...
Samuel Merk +4 more
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Epistemic Beliefs and Googling
Frontline Learning Research, 2019 With the introduction of internet as a source of information, parents have observed youngsters’ tendency to prefer internet as a source, and almost a reluctance to learn in advance since “you can look it up when needed”.
Tore Ståhl
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THE ROLE OF EPISTEMIC BELIEFS AND EPISTEMIC EMOTIONS IN ONLINE LEARNING [PDF]
Anthropological Researches and Studies, 2019 Objectives. The aimed objectives of this study are 1) to determine which factors of epistemic beliefs are significant in an online course, 2) to determine if positive or negative epistemic emotions are significant in an online course, and 3) to identify ...
Diego Oswaldo CAMACHO VEGA
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Examining the impact of text style and epistemic beliefs on conceptual change. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2019 Learning can be difficult for students due to incorrect prior knowledge, or misconceptions, interfering with the acquisition of new knowledge. Conceptual change refers to the process of replacing such misconceptions with new and accurate knowledge.
Angele Yazbec +2 more
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Epistemic Beliefs in Science—A Systematic Integration of Evidence From Multiple Studies [PDF]
Educational Psychology Review, 2022 Julia Schiefer +2 more
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Epistemic beliefs' role in promoting misperceptions and conspiracist ideation. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2017 Widespread misperceptions undermine citizens' decision-making ability. Conclusions based on falsehoods and conspiracy theories are by definition flawed.
R Kelly Garrett, Brian E Weeks
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Epistemic beliefs and written historical reasoning: Exploring their relationship
Historical Encounters: A Journal of Historical Consciousness, Historical Cultures, and History Education, 2022 In this descriptive study, we investigated undergraduate students’ epistemic beliefs in history and examined the relationship between students’ beliefs and their performance in written historical reasoning in the context of a historical ...
Kristin A. Sendur +2 more
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