| Title: |
Epistemic Perspective and Online Epistemic Processing of Evidence: Developmental and Domain Differences |
| Language: |
English |
| Authors: |
Iordanou, Kalypso; Muis, Krista R.; Kendeou, Panayiota |
| Source: |
Journal of Experimental Education. 2019 87(4):531-551. |
| Availability: |
Routledge. Available from: Taylor & Francis, Ltd. 530 Walnut Street Suite 850, Philadelphia, PA 19106. Tel: 800-354-1420; Tel: 215-625-8900; Fax: 215-207-0050; Web site: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals |
| Peer Reviewed: |
Y |
| Page Count: |
21 |
| Publication Date: |
2019 |
| Document Type: |
Journal Articles; Reports - Research |
| Education Level: |
Higher Education; Postsecondary Education; Secondary Education |
| Descriptors: |
Epistemology; Evidence; Early Adolescents; Graduate Students; Student Attitudes; Prior Learning; Evaluative Thinking; Scientific Research; Age Differences; Adults; Protocol Analysis; Credibility; Foreign Countries; Individual Development; Secondary School Students; History; Sciences; Intellectual Disciplines; Cognitive Processes; Critical Reading |
| Geographic Terms: |
Cyprus |
| DOI: |
10.1080/00220973.2018.1482857 |
| ISSN: |
0022-0973 |
| Abstract: |
Relations between epistemic perspective and online epistemic processing of evidence when reading a text were examined. Thirty-seven young adolescents and 24 graduate university students were asked to read and think aloud with two texts, one in the history domain and the other in the science domain. Participants also completed a prior-knowledge test and an instrument assessing their epistemic perspective. Results showed that participants who exhibited an evaluativist epistemic perspective and high prior knowledge used the epistemic standard of scientific research more than participants who held a nonevaluativist epistemic perspective. Furthermore, an age-related developmental difference was observed, with adults using the epistemic standard of scientific research more than young adolescents. Domain differences were observed in both participants' epistemic perspectives and online epistemic processing. Participants overall engaged in online epistemic processing of evidence more in the history topic than in the science topic. |
| Abstractor: |
As Provided |
| Entry Date: |
2019 |
| Accession Number: |
EJ1222732 |
| Database: |
ERIC |