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Direct linkBraten, Ivar; Stromso, Helge I. – Instructional Science: An International Journal of the Learning Sciences, 2010
In this study, law students (n = 49) read multiple authentic documents presenting conflicting information on the topic of climate change and responded to verification tasks assessing their superficial as well as their deeper-level within- and across-documents comprehension. Hierarchical multiple regression analyses showed that even after variance…
Descriptors: Law Students, Prior Learning, Climate, Epistemology
Stromso, Helge I.; Braten, Ivar; Samuelstuen, Marit S. – Learning and Instruction, 2008
In this study, we aimed to investigate whether different dimensions of topic-specific epistemological beliefs predict students' understanding of seven texts representing partly conflicting views on climate change. A sample of 157 undergraduates responded to questionnaires on prior knowledge and topic-specific epistemological beliefs before they…
Descriptors: Prior Learning, Climate, Epistemology, Higher Education
