Student Motivation and Epistemological Beliefs.

Paulsen, Michael B.; Feldman, Kenneth A.

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ERIC Number: EJ588115

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1999

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Student Motivation and Epistemological Beliefs.

Paulsen, Michael B.; Feldman, Kenneth A.

New Directions for Teaching and Learning, n78 p17-25 Sum 1999

Research and theory suggest that college students' motivation to learn is related to their epistemological beliefs. Faculty can promote student motivation by designing learning activities that facilitate student development of more sophisticated epistemological beliefs. Faculty developers can assist in this by giving special attention to the nature and diversity of students' epistemological beliefs. (Author/MSE)

Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, College Instruction, Epistemology, Faculty Development, Higher Education, Intellectual Development, Learning Motivation, Student Attitudes, Student Development, Student Motivation

Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Information Analyses; Journal Articles

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Audience: Practitioners; Teachers

Language: English

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Note: Theme issue: "Motivation from Within: Approaches for Encouraging Faculty and Students To Excel."