Combination of interventions can change students’ epistemological beliefs

This study was based on the hypothesis that students’ epistemological beliefs could become more expertlike with a combination of appropriate instructional activities: (i) preclass reading with metacognitive reflection, and (ii) in-class active learning that produces cognitive dissonance. This hypoth...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Calvin S. Kalman, Mandana Sobhanzadeh, Robert Thompson, Ahmed Ibrahim, Xihui Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Physical Society 2015-12-01
Series:Physical Review Special Topics. Physics Education Research
Online Access:http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevSTPER.11.020136