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Cartiff, Brian M.; Duke, Rebekah F.; Greene, Jeffrey A. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2021
Epistemic cognition involves the thinking executed as people discern what they know versus what they question, doubt, or disbelieve. Effective or adaptive epistemic cognition underlies the higher-order thinking required for life in the 21st century and has been positively correlated with academic achievement. As such, researchers have designed a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Meta Analysis, Epistemology, Schemata (Cognition)
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Rothwell, David W.; Lach, Lucyana; Blumenthal, Anne; Akesson, Bree – Journal of Teaching in Social Work, 2015
The first social work doctoral program in Canada began in 1952. Relatively recently, the number of programs has grown rapidly, doubling in the past 10 years to 14 programs. Despite the expansion there is no systematic understanding of the patterns and trends in doctoral research. In this study we review 248 publicly available dissertations from…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Doctoral Dissertations, Social Work, Educational Practices