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ERIC Number: EJ998212
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2013-Apr
Pages: 26
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-1571-0068
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Preservice Teachers' Epistemological Beliefs in Physics, Chemistry, and Biology: A Mixed Study
Topcu, Mustafa Sami
International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, v11 n2 p433-458 Apr 2013
The purposes of the study were to assess preservice teachers' domain-specific epistemological beliefs and to investigate whether preservice teachers distinguish disciplinary differences (physics, chemistry, and biology) in domain-specific epistemological beliefs. Mixed-method research design guided the present research. The researcher explored three epistemological dimensions: certainty and simplicity of knowledge, justification for knowing, and source of knowledge. Both quantitative and qualitative results suggested that a domain-specific epistemological beliefs system is a valid model to describe preservice teachers' epistemological beliefs. In terms of epistemological beliefs, disciplinary differences in physics, chemistry, and biology were discussed in the last parts of the study.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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