1992
DOI: 10.1037/0022-0663.84.4.435
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Epistemological beliefs and mathematical text comprehension: Believing it is simple does not make it so.

Abstract: This study examines epistemological belief assessment and the relationship between belief in simple knowledge and mathematical text comprehension. In Experiment 1, an epistemological questionnaire developed earlier (Schommer, 1990) was administered and factor analyzed. The factor structure was replicated, measuring beliefs in externally controlled learning, simple knowledge, quick learning, and certain knowledge. In Experiment 2, students were instructed to read either to determine the comprehensibility of pas… Show more

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“…Nevertheless their study is of interest, because it shows that a teaching expectancy can elicit anxiety and, therefore, have detrimental effects. Schommer, Crouse, and Rhodes (1992), too, did not find any significant effect of a teaching expectancy. However, as this study had another main focus, no detailed information was provided.…”
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confidence: 86%
“…Nevertheless their study is of interest, because it shows that a teaching expectancy can elicit anxiety and, therefore, have detrimental effects. Schommer, Crouse, and Rhodes (1992), too, did not find any significant effect of a teaching expectancy. However, as this study had another main focus, no detailed information was provided.…”
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confidence: 86%
“…Until recently, research on personal epistemology assumed that such beliefs were general, an assumption implicitly at odds with contemporary philosophical views of science as mentioned above. An exception to this has been the work of Schommer, who has studied students' epistemological beliefs about mathematics (e.g., Schommer et al, 1997;Schommer, Crouse, & Rhodes, 1992). Psychological research on personal epistemology has suffered, however, from a conflation of beliefs about knowledge with beliefs about learning (Hofer & Pintrich, 1997).…”
Section: Conceptual Framework Defining Epistemologymentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Several studies have reported empirical evidence of the beneficial effect of explanation expectancy (Annis, 1983;Bargh & Schul, 1980;Benware & Deci, 1984;Fiorella & Mayer, 2013;Sugie & Kajita, 1989). However, this enhancement has not been consistently demonstrated in other studies that have manipulated expectancy (Ehly, Keith, & Bratton, 1987;Fukaya, 2013;Ito & Kakihana, 2009;Renkl, 1995;Schommer, Crouse, & Rhodes, 1992), and the reasons for these inconsistent results are quite unclear (Renkl, 1995).…”
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confidence: 70%