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We examine the relationship between high school students' beliefs about the nature of knowledge, or epistemological beliefs, and their attitudes toward education. High school students completed an epistemological questionnaire assessing their beliefs in fixed ability to learn, simple knowledge, quick learning, and certain knowledge. Then they answered open-ended questions on a hypothetical character named Billy. They were to advise Billy if he should go on to college even though his grades were poor and his parents had no money. Finally, they completed questions about their own feelings toward high school and their expectations of the demands of college. Attitudes toward school were then regressed on epistemological belief factor scores. The less students believed in fixed ability to learn and quick learning, the more likely they were to encourage Billy to go to college and to appreciate the role of school in furthering their education, gaining employment, and living everyday life. 相似文献
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This study examined the differences in the epistemological beliefs of college students across major fields of study. Beliefs in fixed ability, simple knowledge, quick learning, and certain knowledge were assessed for 290 students attending a large urban public university. Major fields of study were classified in domains of study according to the hard-soft and pure-applied dimensions of Biglan's well-known classification of academic fields. Additional analyses examined the effects of gender, age, year in college, and GPA. Results indicated that students majoring in pure fields were less likely than those in applied fields to hold naive beliefs in simple knowledge, quick learning, and certain knowledge, and students majoring in soft or pure fields were less likely than others to hold naive beliefs in certain knowledge. Gender, age, and GPA were also related to students' beliefs. The results of this study suggest that students' beliefs about the nature of knowledge and learning are related to the disciplinary contexts in which students select and experience their specialized coursework in college. 相似文献
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This study investigated preservice elementary science teachers’ (PSTs) informal reasoning regarding socioscientific issues (SSI), their epistemological beliefs, and the relationship between informal reasoning and epistemological beliefs. From several SSIs, nuclear power usage was selected for this study. A total of 647 Turkish PSTs enrolled in three large universities in Turkey completed the open-ended questionnaire, which assessed the participants’ informal reasoning about the target SSI, and Schommer’s (1990) Epistemological Questionnaire. The participants’ epistemological beliefs were assessed quantitatively and their informal reasoning was assessed both qualitatively and quantitatively. The findings revealed that PSTs preferred to generate evidence-based arguments rather than intuitive-based arguments; however, they failed to generate quality evidence and present different types of evidence to support their claims. Furthermore, among the reasoning quality indicators, PSTs mostly generated supportive argument construction. Regarding the use of reasoning modes, types of risk arguments and political-oriented arguments emerged as the new reasoning modes. The study demonstrated that the PSTs had different epistemological beliefs in terms of innate ability, omniscient authority, certain knowledge, and quick learning. Correlational analyses revealed that there was a strong negative correlation between the PSTs’ certain knowledge and counterargument construction, and there were negative correlations between the PSTs’ innate ability, certain knowledge, and quick learning dimensions of epistemological beliefs and their total argument construction. This study has implications for both science teacher education and the practice of science education. For example, PST teacher education programs should give sufficient importance to training teachers that are skillful and knowledgeable regarding SSIs. To achieve this, specific SSI-related courses should form part of science teacher education programs. 相似文献
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The research questions addressed in this study were: what types of epistemological beliefs do elementary students have; what
types of metacognition do elementary students have; and what are the relationships among students’ perceived characteristics
of constructivist learning environment, metacognition, and epistemological beliefs. A total of 626 students enrolled in sixth,
seventh, and eight grades of nine elementary public schools located in Ankara, Turkey constituted the participants of this
study. Constructivist learning environment survey (CLES), Junior metacognitive awareness inventory (Jr. MAI), and Schommer
epistemological belief questionnaire (EB) were administered to students. Factor Analysis of Jr. MAI revealed both knowledge
of cognition and regulation of cognition items were loaded into one factor. Confirmatory factor analysis of EB revealed a
four factor structure namely innate ability, quick learning, omniscient authority, and certain knowledge. Regression analyses
revealed that metacognition and omniscient authority were significant predictors of personal relevance dimension of CLES.
Metacognition was found as the only predictor of the student negotiation. Innate ability and metacognition significantly contributed
to uncertainty. This study revealed that the elementary students with different mastery levels hold different epistemological
beliefs and multi-faceted nature of elementary school students’ metacognition was seemed to be supported with this study.
It was found that metacognition contributed to model more than epistemological beliefs for all three dimensions of CLES. 相似文献
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Hofer BK 《Contemporary educational psychology》2000,25(4):707-405
A growing body of work addresses the nature of epistemological development and epistemological beliefs: how individuals come to know, the theories and beliefs they hold about knowing, and the manner in which such epistemological premises are a part of and an influence on the cognitive processes of thinking and reasoning. This study investigates the dimensionality of personal epistemology as hypothesized in a recent review of the literature as well as the nature of disciplinary differences. First-year college students responded to a set of questionnaires that included an adaptation of a domain-general epistemological instrument and a discipline-focused questionnaire. Results suggest that there is an underlying dimensionality to epistemological theories that cuts across disciplinary domains, but that students, at least by the 1st year of college, discriminate as to how these theories differ by discipline. Disciplinary differences were strong, suggesting that 1st-year college students see knowledge in science as more certain and unchanging than in psychology, are more likely to regard personal knowledge and firsthand experience as a basis for justification of knowing in psychology than in science, view authority and expertise as the source of knowledge more in science than in psychology, and perceive that in science, more than in psychology, truth is attainable by experts. This contradicts existing research that suggests that epistemological development is domain general and that epistemological beliefs do not differ by discipline. 相似文献
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Ken R. Lodewyk 《教育心理学》2007,27(3):307-327
Students with differing profiles of epistemological beliefs—their beliefs about personal epistemology, intelligence, and learning—vary in thinking, reasoning, motivation, and use of strategies while working on academic tasks, each of which affect learning. This study examined students’ epistemological beliefs according to gender, school orientation, overall academic achievement, and performance on two differently structured academic tasks. Epistemological beliefs in fixed and quick ability to learn, simple knowledge, and certain knowledge differed significantly as a function of gender, school orientation, and levels of academic achievement. These beliefs, particularly the belief in simple knowledge, significantly predicted overall performance and reflective judgment scores on the ill‐structured task but not on the well‐structured task. Implications concerning the relations among epistemological beliefs, reflective judgment, gender, school orientation, task structure, and achievement are discussed. 相似文献
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英语学习信念包括六个维度:天生能力、努力作用、快速学习、知识简单化、知识联系性、准确性要求.通过对高中生英语学习信念的特点及其与英语学习行为的关系研究发现:(1)天生能力信念年级差异显著,高二学生在这两个信念上好于高一和高三学生,知识简单化信念的年级和学校交互作用显著;(2)英语学习信念对英语学习行为有显著预测作用,信念越成熟,学习行为越积极;(3)英语学习信念和英语学习行为存在三种匹配类型:不成熟信念-不积极行为、成熟信念-积极行为、成熟信念-不积极行为,不存在不成熟信念-积极行为的类型.与普通校相比落后校中成熟信念-不积极行为的人数在总体中所占比例更高,与重点校相比普通校也如此. 相似文献
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Tzung-Jin Lin Feng Deng Ching Sing Chai Chin-Chung Tsai 《International Journal of Educational Development》2013
This study explored the differences in high school students’ scientific epistemological beliefs (SEBs), motivation in learning science (MLS), and the different relationships between them in Taiwan and China. 310 Taiwanese and 302 Chinese high school students’ SEBs and MLS were assessed quantitatively. Taiwanese students generally were more prone to believe that scientific reality is invented, the development of scientific knowledge is culture-dependent, and scientific knowledge is always changing and its status is tentative than the Chinese students were. Yet, the Taiwanese students perceived higher test anxiety in science than the Chinese students did. Moreover, Chinese students who have a stronger belief that science knowledge is changing and tentative are more likely to perceive themselves as having higher test anxiety in science. The results suggest that the role of culture might have an impact on students’ SEBs and their MLS. 相似文献
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The C.R.E.A.T.E. (Consider, Read, Elucidate hypotheses, Analyze and interpret data, Think of the next Experiment) method uses intensive analysis of primary literature in the undergraduate classroom to demystify and humanize science. We have reported previously that the method improves students' critical thinking and content integration abilities, while at the same time enhancing their self-reported understanding of "who does science, and why." We report here the results of an assessment that addressed C.R.E.A.T.E. students' attitudes about the nature of science, beliefs about learning, and confidence in their ability to read, analyze, and explain research articles. Using a Likert-style survey administered pre- and postcourse, we found significant changes in students' confidence in their ability to read and analyze primary literature, self-assessed understanding of the nature of science, and epistemological beliefs (e.g., their sense of whether knowledge is certain and scientific talent innate). Thus, within a single semester, the inexpensive C.R.E.A.T.E. method can shift not just students' analytical abilities and understanding of scientists as people, but can also positively affect students' confidence with analysis of primary literature, their insight into the processes of science, and their beliefs about learning. 相似文献
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Kudret Ozkal Ceren Tekkaya Semra Sungur Jale Cakiroglu Erdinc Cakiroglu 《Journal of Science Teacher Education》2011,22(2):115-127
This study investigated students’ scientific epistemological beliefs in relation to socio-economic status (SES) and gender.
Data were obtained from 1,152 eight grade Turkish elementary school students using Scientific Epistemological Beliefs instrument.
Canonical correlation analysis indicated that students with a working mother and educated parents as well as greater number
of books at home together with a separate study room are more likely to have tentative views and less likely to have fixed
views about science compared to students with unemployed mother, uneducated parents, less books at home, and no separate study
room. Generally, results revealed while family SES correlated positively with tentative views, it was negatively associated
with fixed views, implying that students from high SES family were more likely to believe that knowledge is uncertain and
not handed down by authority compared to students from low SES family. This study, however, failed to indicate any relationship
between father work-status, buying daily newspaper and epistemological beliefs. In addition, Multivariate Analysis of Variance
indicated that boys more likely to have tentative beliefs compared to girls. 相似文献
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Pre-service teacher education students' epistemological beliefs and their conceptions of teaching 总被引：3，自引：0，他引：3
A study using both quantitative and qualitative methods was conducted in the final year of a Bachelor of Education programme to examine the student-teachers' epistemological beliefs and conceptions of teaching. The results show that most of the student-teachers (i) strongly believed that learning effort was more important than innate ability, (ii) strongly believed that knowledge changes, and (iii) were inclined to question the authority of knowledge. Although student-teachers who had sophisticated or mixed epistemological beliefs tended to believe in constructivist or mixed conceptions of teaching as predicted, inconsistent cases were identified. Implications for teacher education programmes are discussed. 相似文献
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Kudret Ozkal Ceren Tekkaya Semra Sungur Jale Cakiroglu Erdinc Cakiroglu 《Journal of Science Teacher Education》2010,21(7):873-885
This study investigated students’ scientific epistemological beliefs in relation to socio-economic status (SES) and gender.
Data were obtained from 1,152 eight grade Turkish elementary school students using Scientific Epistemological Beliefs instrument.
Canonical correlation analysis indicated that students with a working mother and educated parents as well as greater number
of books at home together with a separate study room are more likely to have tentative views and less likely to have fixed
views about science compared to students with unemployed mother, uneducated parents, less books at home, and no separate study
room. Generally, results revealed while family SES correlated positively with tentative views, it was negatively associated
with fixed views, implying that students from high SES family were more likely to believe that knowledge is uncertain and
not handed down by authority compared to students from low SES family. This study, however, failed to indicate any relationship
between father work-status, buying daily newspaper and epistemological beliefs. In addition, Multivariate Analysis of Variance
indicated that boys more likely to have tentative beliefs compared to girls. 相似文献
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To obtain a more complete understanding of personal epistemology this study examines two epistemic paradigms – ways of knowing (specifically connected knowing and separate knowing) and epistemological beliefs (specifically beliefs about knowledge structure, knowledge stability, learning speed, and learning ability). Participants were 107 college students who completed questionnaires that assessed ways of knowing and epistemological beliefs. Multivariate analysis of variance revealed that men score significantly higher on separate knowing. Path analyses revealed that the effects of ways of knowing on academic performance are mediated by belief in the speed of learning. 相似文献
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Aylin Cam Yusuf Sulun Gokhan Guven Sertac Arabacioglu 《Educational Research and Evaluation》2013,19(5):441-458
The purpose of this study was to translate the original version of the Epistemic Belief Inventory developed by Schraw, Bendixen, and Dunkle (2002) for pre-service teachers in a Turkish context and validate its construct. Studies on the epistemological beliefs of Turkish students have been heretofore limited in number and have been largely conducted using adapted versions of the Schommer (1990) instrument. First, the original questionnaire was translated from English to Turkish and then was scrutinized by experts in language, content, measurement, and evaluation. Then, the revised questionnaire was administered to 166 Turkish pre-service teachers. The results of exploratory factor analyses suggested 3 epistemological belief dimensions – quick learning, innate ability, and certain knowledge. The results of the study further revealed support for multidimensional theories of epistemological beliefs among pre-service teachers. In order to verify the results of the present study, further examination of pre-service teachers' epistemological belief systems is necessary. 相似文献
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The Conditional and Interaction Effects of Epistemological Beliefs on the Self-Regulated Learning of College Students: Motivational Strategies 总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1
This study examines the conditional and interaction effects of each of four dimensions of the epistemological beliefs of college students regarding the ability to learn, the speed of learning, the structure of knowledge, and the stability of knowledge on six measures of the motivational components of self-regulated learning strategies (intrinsic goal orientations, extrinisic goal orientation, task value, self-efficacy, control of learning and test anxiety). Students with more sophisticated beliefs about the nature of knowledge and learning were more likely than their peers to use educationally productive motivational strategies in their learning. Beliefs about one’s ability to learn and the structure of knowledge had the most significant and substantial effects on students’ use of self-regulated motivational strategies. Although a student’s belief about the stability of knowledge by itself had a statistically significant effect on only one motivational strategy, this belief did have four statistically significant interaction effects with beliefs about ability to learn and the structure of knowledge. Implications of these findings for theory, research, policy and practice are examined. 相似文献
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The purpose of this study was to examine whether science and non‐science major students have different scientific epistemological views (SEVs). A multidimensional instrument previously developed by the authors was used to assess differences in college students’ SEV of various aspects. A total of 220 freshmen (42% science and 58% non‐science majors) attending two public universities participated in this investigation. Results indicated that the science majors have less sophisticated beliefs in the theory‐laden and cultural‐dependent aspects of science than non‐science majors. Analysis of variance results further revealed significant differences in SEV dimensions among the three major fields: non‐science, pure science, and science education. Science education students gained the lowest scores on the entire scale among the groups. Findings of this study imply that science major (including science education) students might be involved longer in such an epistemic environment that described scientific knowledge as objective and universal. It is also possible that beliefs about certainty and objectivity lead these students to select science as their major field. Implications for future research and science teacher education are discussed. 相似文献
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This study examines the conditional and interaction effects of each of four dimensions of the epistemological beliefs of college
students regarding the ability to learn, the speed of learning, the structure of knowledge, and the stability of knowledge
on four measures of the cognitive components (elaboration, rehearsal, organization, metacognition) and four measures of the
behavioral components (effort regulation, management of time and study environment, peer learning, help seeking) of self-regulated
learning strategies. Students with more sophisticated beliefs about the nature of knowledge and learning were more likely
than their peers to use educationally productive cognitive and behavioral strategies in their learning. Beliefs about one’s
ability to learn had the most significant and substantial effects, and the structure of knowledge had the second most significant
and substantial effects on students’ use of self-regulated cognitive and behavioral learning strategies. Although a student’s
belief about the stability of knowledge by itself had a statistically significant effect on only one learning strategy, this
belief served as moderator for six of the 11 statistically significant interaction effects of epistemological beliefs on the
use of cognitive and behavioral learning strategies. Implications of these findings for theory, research, policy and practice
are examined. 相似文献
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This study investigated the relationship between epistemological beliefs, prior domain knowledge and self-regulated learning. Biology students (n?=?25) and humanities students (n?=?26) who varied in their epistemological beliefs learned with a hierarchical hypertext about the topic of genetic fingerprinting. During their learning processes, logfiles and questionnaire data were collected. Results indicate that students do metacognitively calibrate their learning process to the complexity of the presented learning material, e.g. by processing more complex deeper-level nodes longer. Furthermore, these calibration processes were significantly related to epistemological beliefs. For example, more ‘sophisticated’ epistemological beliefs were associated with processing more nodes, whereas more ‘naïve’ beliefs were related to spending more time on single nodes. Both effects were especially pronounced on deeper hierarchical hypertext levels. Prior domain knowledge also had an impact, especially on comprehensibility ratings: biology students considered all nodes more comprehensible than humanities students. Additionally, epistemological beliefs as well as prior domain knowledge were also significantly associated with the learning outcome: for example, more prior domain knowledge led to significantly higher learning outcome. 相似文献
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The purpose of this study is to investigate the nature of epistemological beliefs about learning (or learning beliefs) by
analyzing the type of factors involved in the epistemological development of South Korean high school students (N=455). Learning
beliefs are implicit assumptions held by learners about the source and certainty of knowledge and the ways to obtain knowledge.
Previous studies on the epistemological development of American high school students showed that American students learning
beliefs are positively related with their age, amount of formal education, and academic achievement. Multiple regression analysis
of this study, however, showed that no such relationships were identified from the present South Korean sample except between
students beliefs and their academic achievement. In addition, the present study showed that South Korean students learning
beliefs were related with their independent-self construal (individualistic self-view) but not with their interdependent self-construal
(collectivistic self-view). These results reconfirmed the culture-specific nature of epistemological beliefs which was identified
from previous comparative studies with South Korean and American college students (Youn, Kim, & Yang, 1999; Youn, 2000). The
differences between the present results and previous findings with South Korean college students will be further discussed
in terms of the sub-cultural variations between South Korean young generations.
A paper presented at the 26th International Association of Cross Cultural Psychology, Pultusk, Poland, 2000/7/16-21 相似文献
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Undergraduates’ Attitudes Toward Science and Their Epistemological Beliefs: Positive Effects of Certainty and Authority Beliefs 总被引：1，自引：1，他引：0
Gavin W. Fulmer 《Journal of Science Education and Technology》2014,23(1):198-206
Attitudes toward science are an important aspect of students’ persistence in school science and interest in pursuing future science careers, but students’ attitudes typically decline over the course of formal schooling. This study examines relationships of students’ attitudes toward science with their perceptions of science as inclusive or non-religious, and their epistemological beliefs about epistemic authority and certainty. Data were collected using an online survey system among undergraduates at a large, public US university (n = 582). Data were prepared using a Rasch rating scale model and then analyzed using multiple-regression analysis. Gender and number of science and mathematics courses were included as control variables, followed by perceptions of science, then epistemological beliefs. Findings show that respondents have more positive attitudes when they perceive science to be inclusive of women and minorities, and when they perceive science to be incompatible with religion. Respondents also have more positive attitudes toward science when they believe scientific knowledge is uncertain, and when they believe knowledge derives from authority. Interpretations of these findings and implications for future research are discussed. 相似文献