Epistemic metacognition in context: evaluating and learning online information |
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| Authors: | Lucia Mason Angela Boldrin and Nicola Ariasi |
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| Institution: | (1) Department of Developmental and Socialization Psychology (DPSS), University of Padova, Via Venezia 8, 35131 Padova, Italy |
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| Abstract: | This study examined epistemic metacognition as a reflective activity about knowledge and knowing in the context of online
information searching on the Web, and whether it was related to prior knowledge on the topic, study approach, and domain-specific
beliefs about science. In addition, we investigated whether Internet-based learning was influenced by epistemic metacognition
and the individual differences examined. Seventy 8th grade students were interviewed retrospectively after searching for online
information about the scientifically controversial topic of dinosaur extinction. Both qualitative and quantitative analyses
were performed. Findings showed that participants expressed reflections about the simplicity/complexity, certainty/uncertainty,
source, and justification of knowledge at different levels of sophistication, according to three patterns of epistemic metacognition.
Prior knowledge was not related to epistemic metacognition in the search context, while study approach and epistemic beliefs
about science were associated significantly, although modestly, with aspects of online knowledge evaluation. Moreover, findings
revealed that Internet-based learning was influenced by overall science-related epistemic beliefs. Learning from Internet
sources was also affected by study approach and epistemic reflections about the justification of online knowledge, as well
as by the interaction between beliefs about the justification of scientific knowledge and beliefs about the justification
of the knowledge accessed concerning the topic. |
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