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Epistemic Beliefs and Learning and Reasoning About Texts
Sun, April 6, 10:35am to 12:05pm, Convention Center, Floor: 100 Level, 113BSession Type: Paper Session
Abstract
There is a growing body of evidence suggesting that epistemic beliefs are related to student outcomes. These beliefs affect how students engage in a variety of academic tasks that require reasoning beyond the material that they encounter in text and other information sources. In this session, author will present studies that show that epistemic beliefs affect how students respond to a variety of situations that can occur in informational texts.
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Processing of Belief-Compatible and Belief-Incompatible Arguments About a Controversial Topic - Matthew T. McCrudden, Victoria University of Wellington; Anne Shelly Hynds, Victoria University of Wellington; Pania Matthews
“I Remember What the Text Says but Don’t Really Think It’s True (When It Disagrees With Me)” - Tonje Stenseth, University of Oslo; Helge I. Stromso, University of Oslo; Ivar Braten, University of Oslo
Undergraduate Students’ Beliefs About Knowledge, Information, and Truth - Emily M. Grossnickle, Georgetown University; Alexandra List, The Pennsylvania State University; Patricia A. Alexander, University of Maryland - College Park
Shunning the Evidence: Why Do Some Students Bypass Reasoning About Controversial Claims in Science? - Carlos R. Salas, University of Illinois at Chicago; Thomas D. Griffin, University of Illinois at Chicago
Development and Validation of a Scenario-Based Assessment of Epistemic Thinking - Sarit Barzilai, University of Haifa; Michael P. Weinstock, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev