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Direct linkTom Bielik; Moritz Krell – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2025
In science education, epistemic vigilance plays a key role in the development of students' critical thinking by supporting students' abilities to evaluate the expertise level of the source and to evaluate the claim itself, using rigorous scientific standards and appropriate argumentation heuristics. Based on previous studies, which suggested two…
Descriptors: Epistemology, Science Education, Science Process Skills, Skill Development
