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Lee, Silvia Wen-Yu; Luan, Hui; Lee, Min-Hsien; Chang, Hsin-Yi; Liang, Jyh-Chong; Lee, Yuan-Hsuan; Lin, Tzung-Jin; Wu, An-Hsuan; Chiu, Ying-Ju; Tsai, Chin-Chung – Science Education, 2021
Promoting understanding of the epistemologies of science has long been the primary objective in science education, and can be viewed as a form of science learning outcome. Many studies have attempted to understand learners' conceptions of epistemology in science from various perspectives and methods; however, no recent reviews have focused on the…
Descriptors: Epistemology, Scientific Literacy, Science Education, Measurement
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Hsu, Chung-Yuan; Tsai, Meng-Jung; Hou, Huei-Tse; Tsai, Chin-Chung – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2014
Online information searching tasks are usually implemented in a technology-enhanced science curriculum or merged in an inquiry-based science curriculum. The purpose of this study was to examine the role students' different levels of scientific epistemic beliefs (SEBs) play in their online information searching strategies and behaviors. Based on…
Descriptors: Beliefs, Epistemology, Online Searching, Search Strategies
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Tu, Yi-Wen; Shih, Meilun; Tsai, Chin-Chung – Computers & Education, 2008
This study reported an investigation of eighth graders' (14-year-olds) web searching strategies and outcomes, and then analyzed their correlations with students' web experiences, epistemological beliefs, and the nature of searching tasks. Eighty-seven eighth graders were asked to fill out a questionnaire for probing epistemological beliefs (from…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Metacognition, Search Strategies, Grade 8