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Measuring Sophistication of Epistemic Beliefs Using Rasch Analysis

Year: 2012

Type: conference-paper

Abstract: Measuring epistemic beliefs is challenging from a conceptual as well as a methodological point of view. Conceptually, it is hard to distinguish between naïve and sophisticated beliefs, and methodologically, common statistical techniques yield inconsistent results. In response to these challenges, a new instrument to measure high school students’ epistemic beliefs was designed and validated. The 55-item instrument contained three scales (absolutism, multiplism, evaluativism), that reflected different stages in epistemic development (Kuhn, 1991; 1999), moving from naïve to sophisticated beliefs. Rasch analysis was used to analyze the data. The analysis confirmed the existence of the three scales with moderate reliability coefficients.

Source: DSpace (Open University in the Netherlands)

Authors: Johan Van Strien, Monique Bijker, Saskia Brand‐Gruwel, Henny P. A. Boshuizen

Institution: Open University of the Netherlands

Language: English

Topic: Educational Strategies and Epistemologies

Subfield: Developmental and Educational Psychology

Field: Psychology

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Quality education

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2151158073

FWCI: 1.46

Cites: 21

Cited by: 3

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