Three questions were addressed in this study. Is there evidence of epistemological beliefs congruency between students and their instructor? Do students’ epistemological beliefs, students’ epistemological congruence, or both predict mathematical anxiety? Do students’ epistemological beliefs, students’ epistemological congruence, or both predict mathematical performance? Over 200 vocational tech...

The prevailing notion that the problem of essential indexicals must be solved through the theory of meaning of attitude ascriptions is incorrect. Well-known attempts to solve the problem along those lines, e.g., the proposals of lewis (1979) and Perry (1979), have rested on the overly optimistic assumption that there is no limit in principle to the access one may have to the contents of someone...

Rendered searchable by OCR, but recognition errors may prevent this in some cases. See also a PHP version (diagrams, tables incomplete) INTRODUCTION The basic point of this paper is the individual and collective need to respond creatively to the apparently fragmented reality of society, whether within or between cultures. In the light of recent historical trends it is very difficult to sustain ...

This paper challenges the prevailing interpretations about role and function of recollection in Plato’s Meno, by suggesting that is a cognitive process inaugurated myth. sets out methodological epistemological context within two transitions are feasible: On one hand, transition from elenchus to method hypothesis and, on other upshift opinions knowledge. Furthermore, this argues Socrates uses my...

This exploratory case study aims to determine how preschool teachers’ epistemological beliefs influence their pedagogical conceptualizations of science teaching. The research was conducted with a total 10 teachers that were selected among 61 by beliefs. participants divided into two sub-groups consisting five persons each represent the lower and higher profiles, based on scores obtained from Ep...

The purpose of this study is to develop a domain-specific scale that would be used determine epistemological beliefs university students towards online learning media. In the developed are designed as multidimensional reflect both belief system perspective and developmental perspectives revised by Hofer Pintrich (1997). 1058 volunteer attended remote classes during Covid-19 pandemic participate...

Previous research indicates that students’ adaptation to task complexity in the planning stages of self-regulated learning are related to their epistemological beliefs (Stahl, Pieschl, & Bromme, 2006), but it is an open issue if students enact similar strategies in subsequent stages. Based on the COPES-model (Winne & Hadwin, 1998) the impact of epistemological beliefs on learning is tested here...

This study attempted to investigate the level of EFL learners’ epistemological beliefs and learning strategy use as well as the contribution of epistemological beliefs to their learning strategy use in Bahir Dar University. Comprehensively selected 136 EFL students at the Faculty of Humanities of Bahir Dar University responded to modified versions of Epistemological Beliefs Questionnaire and Mo...