Empirical studies across diverse learner populations show that people's epistemic aims, ideals, and processes are tailored to the information sources and tasks they engage in¶
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q2 i? People's epistemic aims, ideals, and processes vary by discipline, task, and information source, supporting the claim that epistemic thinking is highly contextualized. → Sarit Barzilai & Clark A. Chinn 2024
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Sarit Barzilai & Clark A. Chinn 2024¶
Sarit Barzilai & Clark A. Chinn. (2024). The AIR and Apt-AIR Frameworks of Epistemic Performance and Growth: Reflections on Educational Theory Development. Educational Psychology Review. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-024-09927-5
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The review reports findings from studies of elementary students, secondary students, university students, teachers, and scholars. For example, Finnish historians discussed discipline-specific aims such as creating narratives and forming interpretations, while adolescents evaluating YouTube videos and webpages used overlapping but also medium-specific criteria. The review attributes these findings to the cited studies.
"in line with our expectation that epistemic thinking can be highly contextualized, we have found that people's aims, ideals, and processes are often tailored to the information sources and tasks they engage in"
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Empirical studies across diverse learner populations show that people's epistemic aims, ideals, and processes are tailored to the information sources and tasks they engage in |
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Empirical studies across diverse learner populations show that people's epistemic aims, ideals, and processes are tailored to the information sources and tasks they engage in |
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