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Zhu, Yuanze – International Journal of Science Education, 2019
In recent years, research on students' scientific competencies has generated much discussion. According to the PISA 2015 Assessment and Analytical Framework, both scientific competencies and attitudes towards science -- interest in science, valuing scientific approaches to enquiry (or epistemological beliefs about science), and environmental…
Descriptors: Science Education, Scientific Attitudes, Student Attitudes, Competence
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Chan, Kwok-Wai – Instructional Science: An International Journal of the Learning Sciences, 2011
A questionnaire was administered to 231 Hong Kong preservice teacher education students to examine their epistemological beliefs and conceptions of learning. Pearson correlation analysis showed significant pairs of epistemological beliefs and conceptions of learning. Regression and path analysis showed epistemological beliefs had significant…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers, Educational Practices, Correlation
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Chan, K.-W.; Elliott, R.G. – Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies, 2004
Four epistemological belief and two teaching and learning conception dimensions were identified from a survey study of a sample of Hong Kong teacher education students. The epistemological belief dimensions were labeled Innate/Fixed Ability, Learning Effort/Process, Authority/Expert Knowledge and Certainty Knowledge. The results on epistemological…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, North Americans, Factor Analysis, Correlation
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Chan, Kwok-wai – Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 2004
Four epistemological belief and two teaching/learning conception dimensions were identified from a questionnaire study of a sample of Hong Kong preservice teacher education students. The epistemological belief dimensions were labelled Innate/Fixed Ability, Learning Effort/Process, Authority/Expert Knowledge and Certainty Knowledge. The somewhat…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Student Teacher Attitudes, Epistemology, Beliefs
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Stewart, Sunita Mahtani; Kennard, Betsy D.; Lee, Peter W. H.; Mayes, Taryn; Hughes, Carroll; Emslie, Graham – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2005
Background: This study examines the cross-sectional and longitudinal associations among cognitive variables, depressive symptoms and suicidal ideation in Hong Kong Chinese and Caucasian American adolescents. Methods: Community adolescents (n = 2,044) ages 14-18 years from Hong Kong and the United States provided information regarding their…
Descriptors: Asian Culture, Self Efficacy, Suicide, Adolescents