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Direct linkBuehl, Michelle M.; Alexander, Patricia A. – International Journal of Educational Research, 2006
With respect to the specificity and structure of epistemological beliefs, we contend that beliefs about knowledge are reflective of the multidimensional, multilayered, and interactive nature of knowledge. Here we present a model of the nested and reciprocal relations between domain-general and domain-specific epistemological beliefs. Additionally,…
Descriptors: Epistemology, Beliefs, Models, Motivation
Peer reviewedAlexander, Patricia A.; Buehl, Michelle M.; Sperl, Christopher T. – International Journal of Educational Research, 2001
Studied how and why persuasion occurs, examining the processing of two articles using topic-specific measures of belief. Results from 37 undergraduates, 25 graduate students, and 20 faculty members show that readers' perceptions of their knowledge play a more significant role in persuasion outcomes than the knowledge actually demonstrated. (SLD)
Descriptors: Beliefs, College Faculty, Graduate Students, Higher Education
Peer reviewedAlexander, Patricia A.; Murphy, P. Karen – International Journal of Educational Research, 1999
Describes fundamental dimensions that appear to underlie effective transfer: subject-matter knowledge; general cognitive and metacognitive strategies; and motivation. Summarizes five generalizations about transfer drawn from the literatures on transfer, domain learning, and analogical reasoning. (SLD)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Student Motivation, Transfer of Training
