Epistemological beliefs and epistemic strategies in self-regulated learning |
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| Authors: | Tobias Richter and Sebastian Schmid |
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| Institution: | (1) Department of Psychology, University of Cologne, Bernhard-Feilchenfeld-Str. 11, 60969 K?ln, Germany;(2) Department of Psychology, University of Bielefeld, Postbox 10 01 31, 33501 Bielefeld, Germany |
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| Abstract: | How do epistemological attitudes and beliefs influence learning from text? We conceptualize epistemological attitudes and
beliefs as components of metacognitive knowledge. As such, they serve an important function in regulating the use of epistemic
strategies such as knowledge-based validation of information and checking arguments for internal consistency. We report results
from two studies that investigated the effects epistemological attitudes and beliefs on the use of epistemic strategies in
academic learning and the motivational states that mediate these effects. Study 1 (N = 289) tested a mediation model with epistemological attitudes (separate vs. connected knowing) and textual characteristics
as distal predictors, and learning goals (learning factual knowledge vs. developing an own standpoint) as mediator variables.
Separate knowing had large indirect effects on the use of epistemic strategies via the goal to develop an own point of view.
In addition, learners adapted their learning goals and epistemic strategies depending on objective characteristics and the
perceived familiarity of the texts they read. In Study 2 (N = 124), epistemological beliefs concerning the uncertainty of knowledge increased the use of epistemic strategies only when
extrinsic study motivation was low. A mediated moderation model established this effect to be mediated by specific epistemic
curiosity. These results illuminate the mechanisms of how epistemological attitudes and beliefs affect self-regulated learning.
In contrast to other types of learning strategies, the use of epistemic strategies seems to be strongly and consistently linked
to epistemological attitudes and beliefs. |
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