Personal epistemology : the psychology of beliefs about knowledge and knowing / edited by Barbara K. Hofer and Paul R. Pintrich.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hofer, Barbara K.

Pintrich, Paul R.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Educational psychology.

Knowledge, Theory of.

Physical Description:

xii, 430 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Mahwah, N.J. : L. Erlbaum Associates, [2002]

Summary:

This book provides an overview of the theoretical and methodological approaches to the study of personal epistemology from a psychological and educational perpective. It addresses a real need for graduate students, researchers and educational practioners.

Contents:

1 Personal Epistemology as a Psychological and Educational Construct: An Introduction / Barbara K. Hofer 3

I Conceptual Models of Personal Epistemology 15

2 Understanding Learning in a Postmodern World: Reconsidering the Perry Scheme of Ethical and Intellectual Development / William S. Moore 17

3 The Reflective Judgment Model: Twenty Years of Research on Epistemic Cognition / Patricia M. King, Karen Strohm Kitchener 37

4 Revisiting Women's Ways of Knowing / Blythe McVicker Clinchy 63

5 Epistemological Reflection: The Evolution of Epistemological Assumptions from Age 18 to 30 / Marcia B. Baxter Magolda 89

6 An Evolving Theoretical Framework for an Epistemological Belief System / Marlene Schommer-Aikins 103

II Theoretical and Conceptual Issues 119

7 What Is Epistemological Thinking and Why Does It Matter? / Deanna Kuhn, Michael Weinstock 121

8 Competing Claims About Competing Knowledge Claims / Michael J. Chandler, Darcy Hallett, Bryan W. Sokol 145

9 On the Form of a Personal Epistemology / David Hammer, Andrew Elby 169

10 A Process Model of Epistemic Belief Change / Lisa D. Bendixen 191

11 Mapping Basic Issues for Identifying Epistemological Outlooks / Jill Fitzgerald, James W. Cunningham 209

III Methodological Issues in the Study of Personal Epistemology 229

12 Critical Elements in the Design and Analysis of Studies of Epistemology / Phillip Wood, CarolAnne Kardash 231

13 Development and Validation of the Epistemic Belief Inventory (EBI) / Gregory Schraw, Lisa D. Bendixen, Michael E. Dunkle 261

14 Considerations in the Design and Evaluation of a Paper-and-pencil Measure of Epistemic Cognition / Phillip Wood, Karen Kitchener, Laura Jensen 277

IV Perspectives on Discipline-Specific Epistemology 295

15 "Knowing What to Believe": The Relevance of Students' Mathematical Beliefs for Mathematics Education / Erik De Corte, Peter Op 't Eynde, Lieven Verschaffel 297

16 Beliefs About Science: How Does Science Instruction Contribute? / Philip Bell, Marcia C. Linn 321

17 Characterizing Fifth Grade Students' Epistemological Beliefs in Science / Anastasia D. Elder 347

18 A Comparison of Epistemological Beliefs and Learning from Science Text Between American and Chinese High School Students / Gaoyin Qian, Junlin Pan 365

19 Future Challenges and Directions for Theory and Research on Personal Epistemology / Paul R. Pintrich 389.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

0805835180

OCLC:

45603981