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ERIC Number: EJ738625
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2006-Jun
Pages: 23
Abstractor: Author
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-1380-3611
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Primary School Students' Metacognitive Beliefs about Religious Education
van der Zee, Theo; Hermans, Chris; Aarnoutse, Cor
Educational Research and Evaluation, v12 n3 p271-293 Jun 2006
So far scholars have researched beliefs about knowledge, knowing, and learning mainly in the areas of science and mathematics and among secondary school students. In this article, we explore primary school students' metacognitive beliefs about religious education. The article reports on a study involving 656 fifth- and sixth-grade students. We investigated their metacognitive beliefs, how these beliefs interrelate, and which students agree with which beliefs. In the minds of young students, 7 categories are discernible: realistic learning, the transformative power of religion, social learning, intrinsic task value motivation, learning satisfaction motivation, the teacher's empathic orientation to learning, and the teacher's respect for students' contributions. These categories and their interrelationships open up new perspectives for the construction of a metacognitive beliefs system and for an interconnected network of beliefs across domains. We also outline implications for religious education in schools. (Contains 8 tables.)
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Grade 5; Grade 6
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Language: English
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