Malaysian Muslim students' discord scores are inversely related to sophistication of epistemological beliefs¶
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q2 i? Students with more sophisticated epistemological belief scores show less discord, while students with naïve epistemological beliefs show more discord. → Ian Robottom and Sharifah Norhaidah 2008
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Ian Robottom and Sharifah Norhaidah 2008¶
Ian Robottom and Sharifah Norhaidah. (2008). Western science and Islamic learners: When disciplines and culture intersect. Journal of Research in International Education 7(2). https://doi.org/10.1177/1475240908091302
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Survey findings from the Malaysian study of 549 Form 4 students, in which epistemological beliefs were elicited with Schommer's 63-item questionnaire and discord with a purpose-built questionnaire. The article reports that "discord scores were inversely related to epistemological belief scores."
"The findings of this first study show that discord scores were inversely related to epistemological belief scores. Students with more sophisticated epistemological belief scores show less discord while students with naïve epistemological belief scores (low sophistication) show more discord."
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Related Claims¶
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- Australian Islamic students reconcile discord over evolution by distinguishing belief from knowledge acquisition, learning content while suspending belief in it
- Among Malaysian Muslim science students, intensity of discord over scientific claims shows no direct link to scientific reasoning ability — related
- Scientific reasoning levels are linked directly to sophistication of epistemological beliefs among Malaysian Muslim students — related
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Malaysian Muslim students' discord scores are inversely related to sophistication of epistemological beliefs |
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Malaysian Muslim students' discord scores are inversely related to sophistication of epistemological beliefs |
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