Epistemic beliefs and prior knowledge as predictors of the construction of different types of arguments on socioscientific issues

Baytelman, Andreani; Iordanou, Kalypso; P. Constantinou, Constantinos

doi:10.1002/tea.21627

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Epistemic beliefs and prior knowledge as predictors of the construction of different types of arguments on socioscientific issues

Published in Journal of Research in Science Teaching • Mar 3, 2020

Authors:

Andreani Baytelman

Kalypso Iordanou

Constantinos P. Constantinou

Abstract

Abstract This study investigates whether university students’ epistemic beliefs and prior knowledge about controversial socioscientific issues (SSIs) can predict the different types of arguments that students construct. Two hundred forty‐three university students were asked to construct different ty...

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Construct (python library)

Diversity (politics)

Science education

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