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Sylvia M. Savvidou; Irene-Anna Diakidoy; Lucia Mason – Reading Research Quarterly, 2025
The present study examined how argument type (science based vs. personal case based), belief consistency (belief consistent vs. inconsistent) and reading goals (read to evaluate vs. read to learn) influence comprehension and trustworthiness evaluations for claim-conflicting multiple texts. Undergraduates read four conflicting texts about the…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Reading Processes, Persuasive Discourse, Beliefs
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Katerina Guba; Angelika Tsivinskaya – Studies in Higher Education, 2025
This paper explores the regulators' perspective and demonstrates how legitimacy deficits of private universities outweigh performance results in decisions regarding university inspections. We examined the period when the regulator had an urgent claim on Russian universities, particularly during the campaign to 'clean the system of higher…
Descriptors: Private Sector, Private Education, Universities, Private Colleges
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Tom 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