Titlebook: Knowing, Knowledge and Beliefs; Epistemological Stud Myint Swe Khine Book 2008 Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2008 Evolution.culture.

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Book 2008 past several years. New perspectives on theoretical, conceptual and methodological approaches and empirical studies on epistemological beliefs are emerging in the literature as a well-defined field of study. Studies show that personal epistemology has influence on comprehension, study strategies, l

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Personal Epistemology and Cultureee Hofer & Pintrich, 1997, 2002) and has recently been pursued in other cultural environments. Research suggests that epistemological understanding has important implications for learning: for example, beliefs about the nature of knowledge may influence strategy use, comprehension, cognitive process

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Assessing the Multidimensionality of Students’ Epistemic Beliefs Across Diverse Culturesf epistemic beliefs, it is important to examine the multidimensional measures of beliefs more closely. An examination of literature reveals that although many studies have been conducted with the Schommer Epistemological Questionnaire or related measures, there are variations with regard to the numb

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University Cultures and Epistemic Beliefs: Examining Differences Between Two Academic Environmentsrom two culturally similar countries. Undergraduate students were sampled from Simon Fraser University (SFU) in Canada and from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) in the USA. To examine differences across the five proposed dimensions in Schommer’s (1990) multidimensional model, students comp

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Personal Epistemology in Elementary Classrooms: A Conceptual Comparison of Germany and the United Stachers’ and students’ personal epistemology have received very little theoretical or empirical attention. The current chapter aims to examine German and U.S. elementary schools in terms of their philosophical and practical similarities and differences in personal epistemology. Both theoretical and e