Profiles of epistemological beliefs, knowledge about explanation norms, and explanation skills: changes after an intervention [PDF]
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 +2 more
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The relationship between medical students’ epistemological beliefs and achievement on a clinical performance examination [PDF]
Korean Journal of Medical Education, 2016 Purpose: This study was to explore the relationship between clinical performance examination (CPX) achievement and epistemological beliefs to investigate the potentials of epistemological beliefs in ill-structured medical problem solving tasks.
Sun-A Oh +4 more
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How do chemical epistemological beliefs affect Chinese students' chemistry disciplinary competence? A structural equation modeling analysis [PDF]
Frontiers in PsychologyThe shift in focus from knowledge dissemination to the cultivation of disciplinary competence has become a pivotal topic in K-12 science education reform.
Xiujin Zhu +3 more
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The Construction and Initial Application of Chinese College Students’ Epistemological Beliefs Questionnaire [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2020 The authors construct Chinese college students’ epistemological beliefs questionnaire, which consists of six dimensions: certain knowledge, simple knowledge, acquisition of knowledge, ability to learn, speed of learning and the value of learning.
Yan Zhou, Dingliang Tan
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Connotative aspects of epistemological beliefs
LUMATVarious studies have shown that epistemological beliefs affect personal learning and teaching performances. Therefore, epistemological beliefs have become an attractive object of research with different methods of survey.
Anna Schreck +2 more
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Is Distance Education Fun? The Implications of Undergraduates’ Epistemological Beliefs for Improving Their Engagement and Satisfaction with Online Learning [PDF]
Athens Journal of Education, 2023 The epistemological beliefs of students are an important area for higher education research. This paper firstly reports on a research review concerning the impact of epistemological beliefs on academic outcomes.
Kieron Sheehy +4 more
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Frontiers in Education, 2022 The present study investigates the effects of an intervention presenting resolvable, scientific controversies and an epistemological sensitization measure on the changes in psychology students’ epistemological beliefs.
Eric Klopp, Robin Stark
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Investigation of the preservice teachers’ science-pseudoscience distinction and epistemological beliefs [PDF]
Journal of Pedagogical Research, 2021 This study aims to investigate preservice teachers’ science-pseudoscience distinctions, epistemological beliefs, and to explore the relationship between these two parameters. To this end, a correlational research design has been employed.
Nagihan Tanık Önal +1 more
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International Journal of STEM Education, 2022 Background Science identity is widely regarded as a key predictor of students’ persistence in STEM fields, while the brain drain in STEM fields is an urgent issue for countries to address.
Xipei Guo +5 more
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The role of cognitive assessments and epistemological beliefs in Predicting students' academic engagement [PDF]
روانشناسی و روانپزشکی شناخت, 2019 Introduction: Academic engagement is a multidimensional construct, that they are involved in which cognitive factors, including cognitive assessments and epistemological beliefs.
Akbar Rezaei, Jafar Bahadorikhosroshahi
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