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ERIC Number: EJ757193
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2006
Pages: 20
Abstractor: Author
Reference Count: 36
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0735-6331
Task Complexity, Epistemological Beliefs and Metacognitive Calibration: An Exploratory Study
Stahl, Elmar; Pieschl, Stephanie; Bromme, Rainer
Journal of Educational Computing Research, v35 n4 p319-338 2006
This article presents an explorative study, which is part of a comprehensive project to examine the impact of epistemological beliefs on metacognitive calibration during learning processes within a complex hypermedia information system. More specifically, this study investigates: 1) if learners differentiate between tasks of different complexity, and set goals and plan their learning behavior accordingly; and 2) whether such adaptive learning behavior is influenced by their epistemological beliefs. Students (n = 72) inspected a set of six learning tasks and answered multiple questions derived from the COPES-model of self-regulated learning (Winne & Hadwin, 1998)--e.g., they judged the importance of specific learning strategies for a particular learning task. Furthermore, they filled in inventories measuring their epistemological beliefs. Results confirmed significant relationships between task complexity and epistemological beliefs on the one hand and students' judgments on the other. (Contains 2 figures and 1 table.)
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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