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Lin, Tzung-Jin – Research in Science & Technological Education, 2023
Background: The role of students' epistemic understanding of science in mediating their engagement in learning activities and tasks has been highlighted in the literature. Although researchers recognize epistemic knowledge of science as a multi-faceted framework, the so-called person-centered approach that aims to generate meaningful and distinct…
Descriptors: High School Students, Student Attitudes, Beliefs, Epistemology
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Lin, Tzung-Jin; Tsai, Chin-Chung – International Journal of Science Education, 2017
This study employed the interview method to clarify the underlying dimensions of and relationships between students' scientific ontological and epistemic beliefs. Forty Taiwanese high school students were invited to participate in this study. Through content analysis of the participants' interview responses two ontological dimensions including…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, High School Students, Beliefs, Epistemology
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Lin, Tzung-Jin; Tsai, Chin-Chung – International Journal of Science Education, 2017
The purpose of this study was to develop and validate two survey instruments to evaluate high school students' scientific epistemic beliefs and goal orientations in learning science. The initial relationships between the sampled students' scientific epistemic beliefs and goal orientations in learning science were also investigated. A final valid…
Descriptors: Scientific Attitudes, Student Surveys, High School Students, Epistemology
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Lin, Tzung-Jin; Deng, Feng; Chai, Ching Sing; Tsai, Chin-Chung – International Journal of Educational Development, 2013
This study explored the differences in high school students' scientific epistemological beliefs (SEBs), motivation in learning science (MLS), and the different relationships between them in Taiwan and China. 310 Taiwanese and 302 Chinese high school students' SEBs and MLS were assessed quantitatively. Taiwanese students generally were more prone…
Descriptors: High Schools, Asian Culture, Learning Motivation, Foreign Countries