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Profiles of epistemological beliefs, knowledge about explanation norms, and explanation skills: changes after an intervention

Frontiers in Psychology, 2023
In this study, we exploratively investigate the relation between students’ epistemological beliefs and their declarative knowledge about scientific explanations and their practical skills to explain psychological phenomena drawing on scientific theories ...
Eric Klopp, Theresa Krause-Wichmann, Robin Stark   +2 more
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The Epistemology of Modality

Analysis, 2017
[Extract] In this article the term ‘modality’, when unmodified, will refer to metaphysical modality. Metaphysical modality is what is expressed by ‘possible’ and variants such as ‘possibly’, as well as ‘it could have been the case that…’ and variants, when these are used in the broadest objective sense.
Strohminger, Margot, Yli-Vakkuri, Juhani
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Greek-Cypriot elementary teachers' epistemological beliefs about mathematics

, 2018
Drawing on data from the Republic of Cyprus, this paper uncovers elementary teachers' epistemological beliefs about mathematics. Twenty-two experienced teachers were invited to individual semi-structured interviews.
Constantinos Xenofontos, Xenofontos, Constantinos   +1 more
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Epistemological and methodological considerations in peacebuilding research – experiences from the Borana of Ethiopia

, 2020
Building on empirical data from author's fieldwork along the Ethiopia-Kenya border, this chapter provides epistemological and methodological insights to peacebuilding research and calls for a paradigm shift towards culture-sensitive approaches. It argues
Asebe Regassa Debelo, Regassa, Asebe
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Epistemological Disjunctivism [PDF]

, 2016
A response to commentaries on my book, Epistemological Disjunctivism (Oxford University Press, 2012), by Sanford Goldberg, Clayton Littlejohn, and Ram Neta.
Pritchard, Duncan
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Gellnerovo pojetí modernity

Historická sociologie, 2017
Gellner’s theory of modernity is a complex structure, it matured several decades and during this process he modified some of its elements. The following interpretation of his theory is based on the analysis of three pillars of his thought, first on his ...
Jiří Musil
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Personal epistemological beliefs and transformational leadership behaviours

, 2005
The recent emergence of epistemological beliefs as a basis for understanding what and how knowledge is used in the context of a teacher's professional practice has implications for the study of leadership behaviours.
Brownlee, Joanne M., Tickle, Emma L., Nailon, Di L.   +2 more
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Critical Thinking and the Role of Epistemological Beliefs [PDF]

Journal of Philosophical Investigations
The aim of this research was an analytical review of the definition of critical thinking and the importance of teaching it, the concept of epistemological beliefs and their role in critical thinking. The method of this research was descriptive-analytical.
Ali Eghbali, Zhila Kardan Halvaeei
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Anatomy of Sentiment Analysis in Ontological, Epistemological, and Axiological Perspectives

JOIN: Jurnal Online Informatika
The aim of this article was to examine sentiment analysis methods from the perspective of the philosophy of science with three approaches, ontological, epistemological and axiological.
M. Noer Fadli Hidayat, Didik Dwi Prasetya, Triyanna Widiyaningtyas, Syaad Patmanthara   +3 more
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Finding Place in Higher Education: An Epistemological Analysis

Canadian Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2017
Though the topic of student transition into the culture and practices of higher education has been the subject of considerable investigation by scholars, the transition literature has been largely silent on the epistemological challenges that new ...
Shelagh M. Crooks
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